Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Before the Sun Goes Down

Elizabeth Metzger Howard

Entered Feb 10, 1946 · peaked at #5 on Feb 24, 1946 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen May 26, 1946

Book Power
73.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
February 1946 – May 1946

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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
Elizabeth Metzger Howardprimary100%73.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 24, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  3. #3The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  4. #4Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  5. #5Before the Sun Goes DownElizabeth Metzger Howard
  6. #6The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  7. #7Forever AmberKathleen Winsor
  8. #8The White TowerJames Ramsey Ullman
  9. #9Written on the WindRobert Wilder
  10. #10The Zebra DerbyMax Shulman
Before the Sun Goes Down — Elizabeth Metzger Howard · ChartReign