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Bread Upon the Waters
Entered Sep 27, 1981 · peaked at #6 on Sep 27, 1981 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 3, 1982
- Book Power
- 49.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 13
- September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Shaw | primary | 100% | 49.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 27, 1981 on the timeline →- #1The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
- #2CujoStephen King
- #3Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #4The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #5Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #6Bread Upon the WatersIrwin Shaw
- #7The Last Days of AmericaPaul Erdman
- #8The Glitter DomeJoseph Wambaugh
- #9Goodbye, JanetteHarold Robbins
- #10The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley