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The Northern Light

A. J. Cronin

Entered Jun 15, 1958 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 14, 1958

Book Power
70.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
1 week there · Jul 6, 1958
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
June 1958 – September 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
A. J. Croninprimary100%70.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 6, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
  3. #3The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  4. #4A Summer PlaceSloan Wilson
  5. #5The Northern LightA. J. Cronin
  6. #6The Enemy CampJerome Weidman
  7. #7Seidman and SonElick Moll
  8. #8The Greengage SummerRumer Godden
  9. #9North from RomeHelen MacInnes
  10. #10THE TRAVELS OF JAIMIE McPHEETERSRobert Lewis Taylor

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

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