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The Origin

Irving Stone

Entered Aug 31, 1980 · peaked at #4 on Sep 28, 1980 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 22, 1981

Book Power
118.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
August 1980 – February 1981

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
Irving Stoneprimary100%118.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1FirestarterStephen King
  2. #2Rage of AngelsSidney Sheldon
  3. #3The Fifth HorsemanLarry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
  4. #4The OriginIrving Stone
  5. #5FannyErica Jong
  6. #6The Tenth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  7. #7Random WindsBelva Plain
  8. #8The Key to RebeccaKen Follett
  9. #9The SpikeArnaud de Borchgrave & Robert Moss
  10. #10Kane & AbelJeffrey Archer