Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
First Among Equals
Entered Aug 5, 1984 · peaked at #1 on Aug 26, 1984 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 3, 1985
- Book Power
- 156.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 14
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- August 1984 – February 1985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Archer | primary | 100% | 156.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 26, 1984 on the timeline →- #1First Among EqualsJeffrey Archer
- #2. . . and Ladies of the Club,Helen Hooven Santmyer
- #3LincolnGore Vidal
- #4The Fourth ProtocolFrederick Forsyth
- #5The Butter Battle BookDr. Seuss
- #6The Aquitaine ProgressionRobert Ludlum
- #7Full CircleDanielle Steel
- #8The HajLeon Uris
- #9Tough Guys Don't DanceNorman Mailer
- #10The MikoEric Van Lustbader