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Before You Go
Entered Aug 14, 1960 · peaked at #9 on Aug 21, 1960 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 23, 1960
- Book Power
- 35.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 10
- August 1960 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Weidman | primary | 100% | 35.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 21, 1960 on the timeline →- #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #3The LeopardGuiseppe di Lampedusa
- #4The Chapman ReportIrving Wallace
- #5Water of LifeHenry Morton Robinson
- #6The Lovely AmbitionMary Ellen Chase
- #7The AffairC.P. Snow
- #8To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
- #9Before You GoJerome Weidman
- #10Diamond HeadPeter Gilman