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Spellbinder

Harold Robbins

Entered Oct 17, 1982 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 7, 1982

Book Power
14.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Oct 31, 1982
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
October 1982 – November 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
Harold Robbinsprimary100%14.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 31, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1SpaceJames A. Michener
  2. #2Master of the GameSidney Sheldon
  3. #3The Valley of HorsesJean M. Auel
  4. #4E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial StorybookWilliam Kotzwinkle
  5. #5Different SeasonsStephen King
  6. #6CrossingsDanielle Steel
  7. #7Foundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
  8. #8LaceShirley Conran
  9. #9SpellbinderHarold Robbins
  10. #10Cloak of DarknessHelen MacInnes

The #1 bestsellers of 1982

1982 in books →

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