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Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly

David Niven

Entered Dec 27, 1981 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 18, 1982

Book Power
37.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
3 weeks there · first Jan 17, 1982
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
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
David Nivenprimary100%37.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 17, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
  2. #2The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  3. #3Noble HouseJames Clavell
  4. #4CujoStephen King
  5. #5Gorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith
  6. #6No Time for TearsCynthia Freeman
  7. #7MasqueradeKit Williams
  8. #8Spring MoonBette Bao Lord
  9. #9Go Slowly, Come Back QuicklyDavid Niven
  10. #10Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike

The #1 bestsellers of 1982

1982 in books →

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