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Bech Is Back

John Updike

Entered Nov 21, 1982 · peaked at #13 on Nov 21, 1982 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
November 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
John Updikeprimary100%2.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 21, 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. #5Foundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
  6. #6Mistral's DaughterJudith Krantz
  7. #72010: Odyssey TwoArthur C. Clarke
  8. #8CrossingsDanielle Steel
  9. #9Different SeasonsStephen King
  10. #10Deadeye DickKurt Vonnegut
Bech Is Back — John Updike · ChartReign