Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Sound of Thunder

Taylor Caldwell

Entered Oct 27, 1957 · peaked at #6 on Dec 15, 1957 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 16, 1958

Book Power
116.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
October 1957 – March 1958

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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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%116.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 15, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  2. #2Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Schulman
  3. #3Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
  4. #4Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  5. #5On the BeachNevil Shute
  6. #6The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell
  7. #7Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
  8. #8The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason
  9. #9Last TalesIsak Dinesen
  10. #10The Edge of DarknessMary Ellen Chase