Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Matarese Circle
Entered Mar 25, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Apr 8, 1979 · 40 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 30, 1979
- Book Power
- 401.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 14
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 32
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 40
- March 1979 – December 1979
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ludlum | primary | 100% | 401.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 8, 1979 on the timeline →- #1The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
- #2OverloadArthur Hailey
- #3War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #4ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #5Good as GoldJoseph Heller
- #6Ss-GbLen Deighton
- #7Hanta YoRuth Beebe Hill
- #8Dubin's LivesBernard Malamud
- #9Dress GrayLucian K. Truscott IV
- #10The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever