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Red Dragon

Thomas Harris

Entered Dec 20, 1981 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 4, 1982

Book Power
22.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Mar 14, 1982
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
December 1981 – April 1982

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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
Thomas Harrisprimary100%22.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 14, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1North and SouthJohn Jakes
  2. #2Marco Polo, If You CanWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  3. #3An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
  4. #4Spring MoonBette Bao Lord
  5. #5The Dean's DecemberSaul Bellow
  6. #6A Green DesireAnton Myrer
  7. #7The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  8. #8RemembranceDanielle Steel
  9. #9Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike
  10. #10A Mother and Two DaughtersGail Godwin

The #1 bestsellers of 1982

1982 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1982.