Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Summer Before the Dark
Entered Jun 10, 1973 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 9, 1973
- Book Power
- 53.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #7
- 1 week there · Aug 26, 1973
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- June 1973 – September 1973
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Lessing | primary | 100% | 53.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 26, 1973 on the timeline →- #1Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
- #2The Hollow HillsMary Stewart
- #3Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
- #4Facing the LionsTom Wicker
- #5The Billion Dollar Sure ThingPaul Emil Erdman
- #6Harvest HomeThomas Tryon
- #7The Summer Before the DarkDoris Lessing
- #8The Matlock PaperRobert Ludlum
- #9The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
- #10Curse of the KingsVictoria Holt
The #1 bestsellers of 1973
1973 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1973.
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Richard Bach
- The Odessa File · Frederick Forsyth
- Once Is Not Enough · Jacqueline Susann
- Breakfast of Champions · Kurt Vonnegut
- The Hollow Hills · Mary Stewart
- The Honorary Consul · Graham Greene
- Burr · Gore Vidal