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Shibumi

Trevanian

Entered May 13, 1979 · peaked at #3 on Jul 1, 1979 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 21, 1979

Book Power
176.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
May 1979 – October 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Trevanianprimary100%176.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 1, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
  2. #2Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
  3. #3ShibumiTrevanian
  4. #4THE THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985General Sir John Hackett
  5. #5The IslandPeter Benchley
  6. #6War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  7. #7There's No Such Place as Far AwayRichard Bach
  8. #8ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  9. #9Hanta YoRuth Beebe Hill
  10. #10Good as GoldJoseph Heller