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Loon Lake

E. L. Doctorow

Entered Oct 5, 1980 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 22, 1981

Book Power
165.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
6 weeks there · first Oct 26, 1980
Top-ten weeks
20
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
25
October 1980 – March 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
E. L. Doctorowprimary100%165.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 26, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Key to RebeccaKen Follett
  2. #2FirestarterStephen King
  3. #3The Fifth HorsemanLarry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
  4. #4Loon LakeE. L. Doctorow
  5. #5Rage of AngelsSidney Sheldon
  6. #6The Tenth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  7. #7The OriginIrving Stone
  8. #8The CovenantJames A. Michener
  9. #9The Second LadyIrving Wallace
  10. #10FannyErica Jong

The #1 bestsellers of 1980

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