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The Officers' Wives

Thomas Fleming

Entered May 3, 1981 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 7, 1981

Book Power
6.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
3 weeks there · first May 3, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
May 1981 – June 1981

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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
Thomas Flemingprimary100%6.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 3, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
  2. #2CreationGore Vidal
  3. #3The CovenantJames A. Michener
  4. #4MasqueradeKit Williams
  5. #5ReflexDick Francis
  6. #6Free Fall in CrimsonJohn D. MacDonald
  7. #7God Emperor of DuneFrank Herbert
  8. #8CenturyFred Mustard Stewart
  9. #9BrainRobin Cook
  10. #10The Company of WomenMary Gordon

The #1 bestsellers of 1981

1981 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1981.