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The Desperate Hours

Joseph Hayes

Entered Apr 4, 1954 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 6, 1954

Book Power
31.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · May 9, 1954
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
April 1954 – June 1954

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
Joseph Hayesprimary100%31.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 9, 1954 on the timeline →
  1. #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
  2. #2Bless This HouseNorah Lofts
  3. #3SayonaraJames A. Michener
  4. #4Away All BoatsKenneth Dodson
  5. #5The Night of the HunterDavis Grubb
  6. #6Bhowani JunctionJohn Masters
  7. #7Lord VanitySamuel Shellabarger
  8. #8The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  9. #9The Desperate HoursJoseph Hayes
  10. #10The Spider KingLawrence Schoonover

The #1 bestsellers of 1954

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