Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Hunt for Red October

Tom Clancy

Entered Mar 24, 1985 · peaked at #2 on Jul 7, 1985 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 6, 1985

Book Power
266.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
29
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
March 1985 – October 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
Tom Clancyprimary100%266.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 7, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Skeleton CrewStephen King
  2. #2The Hunt for Red OctoberTom Clancy
  3. #3The Cider House RulesJohn Irving
  4. #4Jubal SackettLouis L'Amour
  5. #5Hold the DreamBarbara Taylor Bradford
  6. #6A Catskill EagleRobert B. Parker
  7. #7Chapterhouse: DuneFrank Herbert
  8. #8If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  9. #9ThinnerRichard Bachman
  10. #10Inside, OutsideHerman Wouk
The Hunt for Red October — Tom Clancy · ChartReign