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The Edge of Darkness

Mary Ellen Chase

Entered Nov 24, 1957 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 2, 1958

Book Power
79.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
2 weeks there · first Jan 19, 1958
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
November 1957 – March 1958

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
Mary Ellen Chaseprimary100%79.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 19, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  2. #2Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman
  3. #3Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
  4. #4Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  5. #5The Edge of DarknessMary Ellen Chase
  6. #6On the BeachNevil Shute
  7. #7The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell
  8. #8ThomasinaPaul Gallico
  9. #9Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
  10. #10The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1958.