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Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party

Graham Greene

Entered Jun 29, 1980 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 20, 1980

Book Power
12.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#11
1 week there · Jun 29, 1980
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
June 1980 – 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Graham Greeneprimary100%12.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 29, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Bourne IdentityRobert Ludlum
  2. #2Random WindsBelva Plain
  3. #3Princess DaisyJudith Krantz
  4. #4The NinjaEric Van Lustbader
  5. #5Innocent BloodP.D. James
  6. #6The SpikeArnaud de Borchgrave & Robert Moss
  7. #7The Devil's AlternativeFrederick Forsyth
  8. #8No Love LostHelen Van Slyke
  9. #9Kane & AbelJeffrey Archer
  10. #10Man, Woman and ChildErich Segal

The #1 bestsellers of 1980

1980 in books

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