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A Pillar of Iron

Taylor Caldwell

Entered May 23, 1965 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 22, 1965

Book Power
57.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first Jun 6, 1965
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
May 1965 – August 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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%57.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 6, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1Up the Down StaircaseBel Kaufman
  2. #2The AmbassadorMorris West
  3. #3HerzogSaul Bellow
  4. #4HotelArthur Hailey
  5. #5Don't Stop the CarnivalHerman Wouk
  6. #6The Flight of the FalconDaphne Du Maurier
  7. #7The SourceJames Michener
  8. #8A Pillar of IronTaylor Caldwell
  9. #9The ManIrving Wallace
  10. #10Funeral in BerlinLen Deighton

The #1 bestsellers of 1965

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