Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Good as Gold

Joseph Heller

Entered Mar 25, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Apr 15, 1979 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 16, 1979

Book Power
207.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
25
March 1979 – September 1979

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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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Joseph Hellerprimary100%207.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 15, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Good as GoldJoseph Heller
  2. #2The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
  3. #3ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  4. #4War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  5. #5OverloadArthur Hailey
  6. #6Ss-GbLen Deighton
  7. #7Hanta YoRuth Beebe Hill
  8. #8Dubin's LivesBernard Malamud
  9. #9ProteusMorris West
  10. #10Dress GrayLucian K. Truscott IV