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Exile and the Kingdom

Albert Camus

Entered Mar 30, 1958 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 1, 1958

Book Power
21.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · May 4, 1958
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
March 1958 – June 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
Albert Camusprimary100%21.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 4, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  3. #3Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
  4. #4North from RomeHelen MacInnes
  5. #5By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  6. #6The Greengage SummerRumer Godden
  7. #7The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
  8. #8The SergeantDennis Murphy
  9. #9A Summer PlaceSloan Wilson
  10. #10Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

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