Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Darkness and the Dawn
Entered Nov 1, 1959 · peaked at #4 on Nov 29, 1959 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 13, 1960
- Book Power
- 109.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 16
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 19
- November 1959 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas B. Costain | primary | 100% | 109.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 29, 1959 on the timeline →- #1Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #2The War LoverJohn Hersey
- #3ExodusLeon Uris
- #4The Darkness and the DawnThomas B. Costain
- #5Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
- #6The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
- #7Poor No MoreRobert Ruark
- #8HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #9The Devil's AdvocateMorris L. West
- #10The Thirteenth ApostleEugene Vale