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The Deep Six

Martin Dibner

Entered Sep 6, 1953 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 18, 1953

Book Power
12.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
3 weeks there · first Sep 13, 1953
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
September 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
Martin Dibnerprimary100%12.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 13, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  2. #2Beyond This PlaceA. J. Cronin
  3. #3Battle CryLeon Uris
  4. #4The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  5. #5Time and Time AgainJames Hilton
  6. #6Too Late the PhalaropeAlan Paton
  7. #7The Dark AngelMika Waltari
  8. #8The Bridges at Toko-RiJames A. Michener
  9. #9The UnconqueredBen Ames Williams
  10. #10Come, My BelovedPearl S. Buck

The #1 bestsellers of 1953

1953 in books →

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