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The Dean's December

Saul Bellow

Entered Feb 7, 1982 · peaked at #3 on Mar 7, 1982 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen May 9, 1982

Book Power
88.3
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
12
February 1982 – May 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
Saul Bellowprimary100%88.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 7, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1North and SouthJohn Jakes
  2. #2An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
  3. #3The Dean's DecemberSaul Bellow
  4. #4Spring MoonBette Bao Lord
  5. #5Marco Polo, If You CanWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  6. #6A Green DesireAnton Myrer
  7. #7The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  8. #8Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike
  9. #9Noble HouseJames Clavell
  10. #10No Time for TearsCynthia Freeman