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Night Probe!

Clive Cussler

Entered Aug 23, 1981 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 22, 1981

Book Power
44.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Oct 4, 1981
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
August 1981 – November 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
Clive Cusslerprimary100%44.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 4, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  2. #2CujoStephen King
  3. #3Noble HouseJames Clavell
  4. #4The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
  5. #5Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
  6. #6The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley
  7. #7Goodbye, JanetteHarold Robbins
  8. #8Night Probe!Clive Cussler
  9. #9Bread Upon the WatersIrwin Shaw
  10. #10The Last Days of AmericaPaul Erdman

The #1 bestsellers of 1981

1981 in books →

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