Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The War Lover

John Hersey

Entered Oct 25, 1959 · peaked at #2 on Nov 29, 1959 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 20, 1960

Book Power
166.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
20
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
22
October 1959 – March 1960

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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
John Herseyprimary100%166.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 29, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
  2. #2The War LoverJohn Hersey
  3. #3ExodusLeon Uris
  4. #4The Darkness and the DawnThomas B. Costain
  5. #5Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
  6. #6The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
  7. #7Poor No MoreRobert Ruark
  8. #8HawaiiJames A. Michener
  9. #9The Devil's AdvocateMorris L. West
  10. #10The Thirteenth ApostleEugene Vale
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