Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Ghost Writer

Philip Roth

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

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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
Philip Rothprimary100%8.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 11, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1The EstablishmentHoward Fast
  2. #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
  3. #3Shadow of the MoonM.M. Kaye
  4. #4TripleKen Follett
  5. #5Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
  6. #6The Dead ZoneStephen King
  7. #7The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
  8. #8The Green RipperJohn D. MacDonald
  9. #9The Executioner's SongNorman Mailler
  10. #10Passion PlayJerzy Kusinski