Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Mosquito Coast

Paul Theroux

Entered Mar 28, 1982 · peaked at #7 on Mar 28, 1982 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen May 16, 1982

Book Power
32.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
March 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
Paul Therouxprimary100%32.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 28, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Parsifal MosaicRobert Ludlum
  2. #2North and SouthJohn Jakes
  3. #3An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
  4. #4The Dean's DecemberSaul Bellow
  5. #5Marco Polo, If You CanWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  6. #6A Green DesireAnton Myrer
  7. #7The Mosquito CoastPaul Theroux
  8. #8Spring MoonBette Bao Lord
  9. #9The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
  10. #10FeverRobin Cook