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The Dark Angel

Mika Waltari

Entered Jun 21, 1953 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 11, 1953

Book Power
137.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
6 weeks there · first Jul 5, 1953
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
June 1953 – October 1953

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
Mika Waltariprimary100%137.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 5, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  2. #2Battle CryLeon Uris
  3. #3The Dark AngelMika Waltari
  4. #4The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  5. #5The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  6. #6Kingfishers Catch FireRumer Godden
  7. #7Golden AdmiralFrancis Van Wyck Mason
  8. #8The Echoing GroveRosamond Lehmann
  9. #9The Emperor's LadyF.W. Kenyon
  10. #10KISS Me Again, StrangerDaphne Du Maurier

The #1 bestsellers of 1953

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1953.