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Death Beam

Robert Moss

Entered Dec 6, 1981 · peaked at #15 on Dec 6, 1981 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
December 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
Robert Mossprimary100%2.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 6, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
  2. #2The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  3. #3No Time for TearsCynthia Freeman
  4. #4CujoStephen King
  5. #5Noble HouseJames Clavell
  6. #6RemembranceDanielle Steel
  7. #7The LegacyHoward Fast
  8. #8Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike
  9. #9Spring MoonBette Bao Lord
  10. #10Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith