Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Third Deadly Sin
Entered Aug 2, 1981 · peaked at #2 on Sep 6, 1981 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 17, 1982
- Book Power
- 171.2
- 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
- 24
- August 1981 – January 1982
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Sanders | primary | 100% | 171.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 6, 1981 on the timeline →- #1CujoStephen King
- #2The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #3Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #4Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #5The Glitter DomeJoseph Wambaugh
- #6Goodbye, JanetteHarold Robbins
- #7Trade WindM.M. Kaye
- #8The Last Days of AmericaPaul Erdman
- #9The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley
- #10The Clowns of GodMorris West