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Friday

Robert A. Heinlein

Entered Jun 27, 1982 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 29, 1982

Book Power
37.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Jul 18, 1982
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
June 1982 – August 1982

Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →

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 A. Heinleinprimary100%37.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 18, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Parsifal MosaicRobert Ludlum
  2. #2The Prodigal DaughterJeffrey Archer
  3. #3The Man from St. PetersburgKen Follett
  4. #4Eden BurningBelva Plain
  5. #5The One TreeStephen R. Donaldson
  6. #6North and SouthJohn Jakes
  7. #7Twice ShyDick Francis
  8. #8FridayRobert A. Heinlein
  9. #9For Special ServicesJohn Gardner
  10. #10Public Smiles, Private TearsHelen Van Slyke & James Elward

The #1 bestsellers of 1982

1982 in books →

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