Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Clowns of God
Entered Jul 19, 1981 · peaked at #5 on Aug 2, 1981 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 8, 1981
- Book Power
- 59.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 14
- July 1981 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris West | primary | 100% | 59.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 2, 1981 on the timeline →- #1Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #2Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #3The Glitter DomeJoseph Wambaugh
- #4Goodbye, JanetteHarold Robbins
- #5The Clowns of GodMorris West
- #6The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #7God Emperor of DuneFrank Herbert
- #8Free Fall in CrimsonJohn D. MacDonald
- #9The White HotelD.M. Thomas
- #10Trade WindM.M. Kaye