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Fuel for the Flame

Alec Waugh

Entered Jan 31, 1960 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 3, 1960

Book Power
30.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
3 weeks there · first Jan 31, 1960
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
January 1960 – April 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
Alec Waughprimary100%30.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 31, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
  2. #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
  3. #3Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4Poor No MoreRobert Ruark
  5. #5The War LoverJohn Hersey
  6. #6The Darkness and the DawnThomas B. Costain
  7. #7The Devil's AdvocateMorris L. West
  8. #8ExodusLeon Uris
  9. #9The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
  10. #10Fuel for the FlameAlec Waugh

The #1 bestsellers of 1960

1960 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1960.