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Night Falls on the City

Sarah Gainham

Entered Aug 13, 1967 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 10, 1967

Book Power
112.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Sep 24, 1967
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
August 1967 – December 1967

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
Sarah Gainhamprimary100%112.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 24, 1967 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ArrangementElia Kazan
  2. #2The ChosenChaim Potok
  3. #3Night Falls on the CitySarah Gainham
  4. #4The Eighth DayThornton Wilder
  5. #5Washington, D.C.Gore Vidal
  6. #6A Night of WatchingElliott Arnold
  7. #7The PlotIrving Wallace
  8. #8Rosemary's BabyIra Levin
  9. #9An Operational NecessityGwyn Griffin
  10. #10A Second-Hand LifeCharles Jackson

The #1 bestsellers of 1967

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