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Don't Stop the Carnival

Herman Wouk

Entered Apr 4, 1965 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 26, 1965

Book Power
178.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first May 9, 1965
Top-ten weeks
26
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
26
April 1965 – September 1965

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
Herman Woukprimary100%178.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 9, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1HerzogSaul Bellow
  2. #2Up the Down StaircaseBel Kaufman
  3. #3HotelArthur Hailey
  4. #4Don't Stop the CarnivalHerman Wouk
  5. #5The AmbassadorMorris West
  6. #6Hurry SundownK.B. Gilden
  7. #7Funeral in BerlinLen Deighton
  8. #8The ManIrving Wallace
  9. #9The Flight of the FalconDaphne Du Maurier
  10. #10An American DreamNorman Mailer

The #1 bestsellers of 1965

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1965.