Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Ghost Writer
Entered Nov 4, 1979 · peaked at #11 on Nov 11, 1979 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 25, 1979
- Book Power
- 8.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 3
- November 1979 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Roth | primary | 100% | 8.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 11, 1979 on the timeline →- #1The EstablishmentHoward Fast
- #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
- #3Shadow of the MoonM.M. Kaye
- #4TripleKen Follett
- #5Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
- #6The Dead ZoneStephen King
- #7The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
- #8The Green RipperJohn D. MacDonald
- #9The Executioner's SongNorman Mailler
- #10Passion PlayJerzy Kusinski