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The Hour Before the Dawn
Entered Jun 29, 1942 · peaked at #3 on Jul 20, 1942 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 20, 1942
- Book Power
- 37.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- June 1942 – July 1942
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. Somerset Maugham | primary | 100% | 37.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 20, 1942 on the timeline →- #1The Song of BernadetteFranz Werfel
- #2And Now TomorrowRachel Field
- #3The Hour Before the DawnW. Somerset Maugham
- #4Until the Day BreakLouis Bromfield
- #5Assignment in BrittanyHelen MacInnes