Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Entered Dec 16, 1984 · peaked at #3 on Jan 20, 1985 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 31, 1985

Book Power
109.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
December 1984 – March 1985

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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
Douglas Adamsprimary100%109.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 20, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SicilianMario Puzo
  2. #2The TalismanStephen King & Peter Straub
  3. #3So Long, and Thanks for All the FishDouglas Adams
  4. #4Love and WarJohn Jakes
  5. #5The Fourth ProtocolFrederick Forsyth
  6. #6. . . and Ladies of the Club,Helen Hooven Santmyer
  7. #7Jitterbug PerfumeTom Robbins
  8. #8Illusions of LoveCynthia Freeman
  9. #9The Life and Hard Times of Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers
  10. #10Life Its OwnselfDan Jenkins