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Sphinx
Entered Jul 1, 1979 · peaked at #8 on Jul 8, 1979 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 26, 1979
- Book Power
- 22.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- July 1979 – August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Cook | primary | 100% | 22.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 8, 1979 on the timeline →- #1The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
- #2Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
- #3War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #4The IslandPeter Benchley
- #5THE THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985General Sir John Hackett
- #6ShibumiTrevanian
- #7Good as GoldJoseph Heller
- #8SphinxRobin Cook
- #9Hanta YoRuth Beebe Hill
- #10The Vicar of ChristWalter F. Murphy