Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Devil's Advocate
Entered Oct 4, 1959 · peaked at #4 on Mar 13, 1960 · 38 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 17, 1960
- Book Power
- 202.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 27
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 38
- October 1959 – July 1960
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris L. West | primary | 100% | 202.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 13, 1960 on the timeline →- #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #3The Constant ImageMarcia Davenport
- #4The Devil's AdvocateMorris L. West
- #5Poor No MoreRobert Ruark
- #6Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
- #7Two Weeks in Another TownIrwin Shaw
- #8Ourselves to KnowJohn O'Hara
- #9The War LoverJohn Hersey
- #10KISS KISSRoald Dahl