Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A Distant Trumpet
Entered May 8, 1960 · peaked at #8 on May 15, 1960 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 31, 1960
- Book Power
- 44.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 12
- May 1960 – 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Horgan | primary | 100% | 44.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 15, 1960 on the timeline →- #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #3The Constant ImageMarcia Davenport
- #4The Lincoln LordsCameron Hawley
- #5Ourselves to KnowJohn O'Hara
- #6Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute
- #7Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New YorkPaul Gallico
- #8A Distant TrumpetPaul Horgan
- #9Two Weeks in Another TownIrwin Shaw
- #10CleaLawrence Durrell