Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 4.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #9
- 1 week there · Nov 22, 1981
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stone | primary | 100% | 4.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 22, 1981 on the timeline →- #1An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
- #2The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
- #3CujoStephen King
- #4Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #5The LegacyHoward Fast
- #6Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike
- #7The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley
- #8Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
- #9A Flag for SunriseRobert Stone
- #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.
- The Covenant · James A. Michener
- Gorky Park · Martin Cruz Smith
- Noble House · James Clavell
- Cujo · Stephen King
- The Hotel New Hampshire · John Irving
- An Indecent Obsession · Colleen McCullough