Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Legacy
Entered Sep 27, 1981 · peaked at #4 on Nov 8, 1981 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 31, 1982
- Book Power
- 90.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 17
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Fast | primary | 100% | 90.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 8, 1981 on the timeline →- #1The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
- #2An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
- #3CujoStephen King
- #4The LegacyHoward Fast
- #5Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #6The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley
- #7The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #8Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #9Bread Upon the WatersIrwin Shaw
- #10The Last Days of AmericaPaul Erdman