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Toward the Morning

Hervey Allen

Entered Sep 12, 1948 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 19, 1948

Book Power
108.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Oct 17, 1948
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
September 1948 – December 1948

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
Hervey Allenprimary100%108.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 17, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
  3. #3Toward the MorningHervey Allen
  4. #4Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
  5. #5The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
  6. #6The CrusadersStefan Heym
  7. #7The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene
  8. #8MelissaTaylor Caldwell
  9. #9One Clear CallUpton Sinclair
  10. #10Lace CurtainEllin Berlin

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1948.