Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Answer as a Man
Entered Dec 28, 1980 · peaked at #2 on Feb 1, 1981 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen May 17, 1981
- Book Power
- 161.0
- 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
- 20
- December 1980 – May 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Caldwell | primary | 100% | 161.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 1, 1981 on the timeline →- #1The CovenantJames A. Michener
- #2Answer as a ManTaylor Caldwell
- #3The Key to RebeccaKen Follett
- #4FirestarterStephen King
- #5Come Pour the WineCynthia Freeman
- #6Loon LakeE. L. Doctorow
- #7The Hidden TargetHelen MacInnes
- #8The Fifth HorsemanLarry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
- #9MasqueradeKit Williams
- #10Rage of AngelsSidney Sheldon