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The Matarese Countdown

Robert Ludlum

Entered Nov 2, 1997 · peaked at #3 on Nov 9, 1997 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 25, 1998

Book Power
66.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
November 1997 – January 1998

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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
Robert Ludlumprimary100%67.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 9, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  2. #2ViolinAnne Rice
  3. #3The Matarese CountdownRobert Ludlum
  4. #4Flood TideClive Cussler
  5. #5The Angel of DarknessCaleb Carr
  6. #6The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy
  7. #7UnderworldDon DeLillo
  8. #8The Best Laid PlansSidney Sheldon
  9. #910 LB. PenaltyDick Francis
  10. #10The LetterRichard Paul Evans