Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Smiley's People
Entered Dec 23, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Jan 20, 1980 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 6, 1980
- Book Power
- 239.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 22
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 28
- December 1979 – July 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John le Carré | primary | 100% | 239.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 20, 1980 on the timeline →- #1Smiley's PeopleJohn le Carré
- #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
- #3TripleKen Follett
- #4Memories of Another DayHarold Robbins
- #5The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart
- #6The EstablishmentHoward Fast
- #7The Executioner's SongNorman Mailler
- #8Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
- #9The Dead ZoneStephen King
- #10The Top of the HillIrwin Shaw