Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Second Lady

Irving Wallace

Entered Oct 26, 1980 · peaked at #8 on Nov 16, 1980 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 21, 1980

Book Power
37.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
October 1980 – December 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
Irving Wallaceprimary100%37.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 16, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1The CovenantJames A. Michener
  2. #2The Key to RebeccaKen Follett
  3. #3FirestarterStephen King
  4. #4Rage of AngelsSidney Sheldon
  5. #5The Fifth HorsemanLarry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
  6. #6The Tenth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  7. #7Loon LakeE. L. Doctorow
  8. #8The Second LadyIrving Wallace
  9. #9The OriginIrving Stone
  10. #10The Clan of the Cave BearJean M. Auel