Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Descent from Xanadu
Entered Apr 29, 1984 · peaked at #6 on May 20, 1984 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 8, 1984
- Book Power
- 32.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- April 1984 – July 1984
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Robbins | primary | 100% | 32.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 20, 1984 on the timeline →- #1The Aquitaine ProgressionRobert Ludlum
- #2The HajLeon Uris
- #3The Butter Battle BookDr. Seuss
- #4Heretics of DuneFrank Herbert
- #5The DangerDick Francis
- #6Descent from XanaduHarold Robbins
- #7WardayWhitley Strieber & James W. Kunetka
- #8Smart WomenJudy Blume
- #9Almost ParadiseSusan Isaacs
- #10One More SundayJohn D. MacDonald