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Diamond Head

Peter Gilman

Entered Jul 17, 1960 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 13, 1960

Book Power
72.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · Oct 16, 1960
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
18
July 1960 – November 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Peter Gilmanprimary100%72.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 16, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
  2. #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
  3. #3The LeopardGuiseppe di Lampedusa
  4. #4The Chapman ReportIrving Wallace
  5. #5To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  6. #6The Lovely AmbitionMary Ellen Chase
  7. #7Diamond HeadPeter Gilman
  8. #8Water of LifeHenry Morton Robinson
  9. #9Mistress of MellynVictoria Holt
  10. #10The ListenerTaylor Caldwell

The #1 bestsellers of 1960

1960 in books →

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