Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

Entered Sep 9, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Oct 14, 1979 · 32 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 27, 1980

Book Power
212.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
32
September 1979 – April 1980

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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
Stephen Kingprimary100%212.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 14, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Dead ZoneStephen King
  2. #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
  3. #3The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
  4. #4TripleKen Follett
  5. #5Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
  6. #6Shadow of the MoonM.M. Kaye
  7. #7The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum
  8. #8The EstablishmentHoward Fast
  9. #9THE THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985General Sir John Hackett
  10. #10Class ReunionRona Jaffe