Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Dark River
Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
Entered Jul 4, 1938 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 12, 1938
- Book Power
- 48.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #4
- 2 weeks there · first Jul 11, 1938
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- July 1938 – September 1938
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Nordhoff | primary | 50% | — |
| James Norman Hall | primary | 50% | 24.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 11, 1938 on the timeline →The #1 bestsellers of 1938
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