Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Creation
Entered Apr 5, 1981 · peaked at #2 on May 3, 1981 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 19, 1981
- Book Power
- 90.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- April 1981 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Vidal | primary | 100% | 90.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 3, 1981 on the timeline →- #1Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #2CreationGore Vidal
- #3The CovenantJames A. Michener
- #4MasqueradeKit Williams
- #5ReflexDick Francis
- #6Free Fall in CrimsonJohn D. MacDonald
- #7God Emperor of DuneFrank Herbert
- #8CenturyFred Mustard Stewart
- #9BrainRobin Cook
- #10The Company of WomenMary Gordon