Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sophie's Choice
Entered Jun 24, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Jul 22, 1979 · 47 weeks on the list, last seen May 11, 1980
- Book Power
- 383.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 6
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 43
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 47
- June 1979 – May 1980
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Styron | primary | 100% | 383.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 22, 1979 on the timeline →- #1Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
- #2The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
- #3ShibumiTrevanian
- #4THE THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985General Sir John Hackett
- #5Good as GoldJoseph Heller
- #6Class ReunionRona Jaffe
- #7The IslandPeter Benchley
- #8War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #9ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #10There's No Such Place as Far AwayRichard Bach