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Old Love

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Entered Jan 27, 1980 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 16, 1980

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
4 weeks there · first Jan 27, 1980
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
January 1980 – March 1980

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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
Isaac Bashevis Singerprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 27, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1Smiley's PeopleJohn le Carré
  2. #2JailbirdKurt Vonnegut
  3. #3The Executioner's SongNorman Mailer
  4. #4TripleKen Follett
  5. #5Memories of Another DayHarold Robbins
  6. #6Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron
  7. #7The EstablishmentHoward Fast
  8. #8The Top of the HillIrwin Shaw
  9. #9The Dead ZoneStephen King
  10. #10The Last EnchantmentMary Stewart

The #1 bestsellers of 1980

1980 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1980.