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The Establishment

Howard Fast

Entered Oct 14, 1979 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 20, 1980

Book Power
215.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
6 weeks there · first Oct 28, 1979
Top-ten weeks
20
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
26
October 1979 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Howard Fastprimary100%215.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 28, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1The EstablishmentHoward Fast
  2. #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
  3. #3The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
  4. #4The Dead ZoneStephen King
  5. #5Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
  6. #6TripleKen Follett
  7. #7Shadow of the MoonM.M. Kaye
  8. #8The Green RipperJohn D. MacDonald
  9. #9The Executioner's SongNorman Mailer
  10. #10The Matarese CircleRobert Ludlum

The #1 bestsellers of 1979

1979 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1979.