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After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
Entered Feb 5, 1940 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 19, 1940
- Book Power
- 22.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #5
- 1 week there · Feb 19, 1940
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 3
- February 1940 – February 1940
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldous Huxley | primary | 100% | 22.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 19, 1940 on the timeline →- #1Kitty FoyleChristopher Morley
- #2How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
- #3The NazareneSholem Asch
- #4The Star-GazerZsolt de Harsanyi
- #5After Many a Summer Dies the SwanAldous Huxley
- #6Moment in PekingLin Yutang
The #1 bestsellers of 1940
1940 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1940.
- The Nazarene · Sholem Asch
- Kitty Foyle · Christopher Morley
- How Green Was My Valley · Richard Llewellyn
- Native Son · Richard Wright
- Stars on the Sea · F. Van Wyck Mason
- Mrs. Miniver · Jan Struther
- The Beloved Returns · Thomas Mann
- You Can't Go Home Again · Thomas Wolfe
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Ernest Hemingway
- Oliver Wiswell · Kenneth Roberts