Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Free Fall in Crimson
Entered Apr 26, 1981 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 20, 1981
- Book Power
- 141.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #3
- 4 weeks there · first May 17, 1981
- Top-ten weeks
- 13
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 20
- April 1981 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John D. MacDonald | primary | 100% | 141.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 17, 1981 on the timeline →The #1 bestsellers of 1981
1981 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1981.
- The Covenant · James A. Michener
- Gorky Park · Martin Cruz Smith
- Noble House · James Clavell
- Cujo · Stephen King
- The Hotel New Hampshire · John Irving
- An Indecent Obsession · Colleen McCullough