Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Delta Star

Joseph Wambaugh

Entered Mar 13, 1983 · peaked at #3 on Mar 20, 1983 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 5, 1983

Book Power
80.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
March 1983 – June 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
Joseph Wambaughprimary100%80.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 20, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
  2. #2SpaceJames A. Michener
  3. #3The Delta StarJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4Master of the GameSidney Sheldon
  5. #5Mistral's DaughterJudith Krantz
  6. #6Ellis IslandFred Mustard Stewart
  7. #7The Mists of AvalonMarion Zimmer Bradley
  8. #8The Valley of HorsesJean M. Auel
  9. #92010: Odyssey TwoArthur C. Clarke
  10. #10Floating DragonPeter Straub