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Deadeye Dick

Kurt Vonnegut

Entered Nov 14, 1982 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 13, 1983

Book Power
52.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Dec 5, 1982
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
November 1982 – February 1983

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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
Kurt Vonnegutprimary100%52.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 5, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1SpaceJames A. Michener
  2. #2Mistral's DaughterJudith Krantz
  3. #3Foundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
  4. #4The Valley of HorsesJean M. Auel
  5. #52010: Odyssey TwoArthur C. Clarke
  6. #6Master of the GameSidney Sheldon
  7. #7E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial StorybookWilliam Kotzwinkle
  8. #8Deadeye DickKurt Vonnegut
  9. #9CrossingsDanielle Steel
  10. #10Different SeasonsStephen King

The #1 bestsellers of 1982

1982 in books →

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