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When the Legends Die

Hal Borland

Entered Jul 7, 1963 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 28, 1963

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
2 weeks there · first Jul 7, 1963
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
July 1963 – July 1963

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
Hal Borlandprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 7, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  2. #2Elizabeth AppletonJohn O'Hara
  3. #3The Glass BlowersDaphne Du Maurier
  4. #4Grandmother and the PriestsTaylor Caldwell
  5. #5Raise High the Roof Beam, CarpentersJ.D. Salinger
  6. #6Seven Days in MayFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  7. #7City of NightJohn Rechy
  8. #8The Sand PebblesRichard McKenna
  9. #9The Bedford IncidentMark Rascovich
  10. #10When the Legends DieHal Borland

The #1 bestsellers of 1963

1963 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1963.