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Uhuru

Robert Ruark

Entered Jun 24, 1962 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 2, 1962

Book Power
127.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · Jul 29, 1962
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
June 1962 – December 1962

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
Robert Ruarkprimary100%127.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 29, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
  2. #2Youngblood HawkeHerman Wouk
  3. #3Dearly BelovedAnne Morrow Lindbergh
  4. #4UhuruRobert Ruark
  5. #5The PrizeIrving Wallace
  6. #6The ReiversWilliam Faulkner
  7. #7Another CountryJames Baldwin
  8. #8The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  9. #9Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
  10. #10Letting GoPhilip Roth

The #1 bestsellers of 1962

1962 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1962.