Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Provenance
Entered Dec 9, 1979 · peaked at #14 on Dec 9, 1979 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 16, 1979
- Book Power
- 4.5
- 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
- 2
- December 1979 – December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank McDonald | primary | 100% | 4.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 9, 1979 on the timeline →- #1TripleKen Follett
- #2The EstablishmentHoward Fast
- #3JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
- #4The Green RipperJohn D. MacDonald
- #5The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
- #6Shadow of the MoonM.M. Kaye
- #7The Dead ZoneStephen King
- #8Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
- #9Memories of Another DayHarold Robbins
- #10The Executioner's SongNorman Mailler