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Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

Entered Oct 31, 1982 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 27, 1983

Book Power
87.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
3 weeks there · first Jan 23, 1983
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
October 1982 – March 1983

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
Douglas Adamsprimary100%87.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 23, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1SpaceJames A. Michener
  2. #22010: Odyssey TwoArthur C. Clarke
  3. #3Mistral's DaughterJudith Krantz
  4. #4Master of the GameSidney Sheldon
  5. #5Foundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
  6. #6The Valley of HorsesJean M. Auel
  7. #7Life, the Universe and EverythingDouglas Adams
  8. #8E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial StorybookWilliam Kotzwinkle
  9. #9CrossingsDanielle Steel
  10. #10Goodbye, Mickey MouseLen Deighton

The #1 bestsellers of 1983

1983 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1983.