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Aurora Dawn

Herman Wouk

Entered May 11, 1947 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 1, 1947

Book Power
16.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · May 25, 1947
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
May 1947 – June 1947

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Herman Woukprimary100%16.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 25, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
  2. #2The VixensFrank Yerby
  3. #3Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  4. #4The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  5. #5The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  6. #6Mrs. MikeBenedict Freedman & Nancy Freedman
  7. #7The Chequer BoardNevil Shute
  8. #8Aurora DawnHerman Wouk
  9. #9There Was a TimeTaylor Caldwell
  10. #10East RiverSholem Asch

The #1 bestsellers of 1947

1947 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1947.