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The Darkroom of Damocles (1958)

by Willem Frederik Hermans

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
1,150	30	18,188	(4.03)	55

Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period. If multiple works have the same number of copies during that period they share a popularity number.

Overall popularity: 18,188

Popularity year-by-year (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Popularity		50,155	10,306	9,173	10,658	12,022	12,579	7,515	15,179	22,789	14,718	27,020	27,661	29,642	48,046	33,463	50,512	35,831	53,679	65,141

Popularity quarter-by-quarter (top 25,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Q1				6,911	12,314	10,739	11,672	11,027	11,916		16,757	20,284	22,198					18,406
Q2				8,861	11,700	14,000	8,765	13,724	13,892		13,530	22,117
Q3			4,083	13,313	10,436	12,577	21,093		21,072		18,702			14,778
Q4			7,409	10,067	8,842	12,912	15,983	1,909	19,047	10,904	13,095		18,505				20,982

Popularity month-by-month (top 10,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan				4,608		8,758	9,425				7,743
Feb				8,048		8,645	9,884											9,576
Mar								5,662
Apr							6,359	7,574			9,797
May				7,571			9,264		5,188
Jun				9,034			9,383		9,310
Jul
Aug			1,859	8,947	8,257	9,588
Sept			4,143											7,220
Oct			6,144		6,958			1,880		6,744			9,775
Nov			7,826	6,319				651
Dec					9,389	7,785		3,575

Cumulative popularity by month (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan			52,404	14,694	12,922	12,091	11,919	11,902	10,924	11,101	11,416	11,505	11,941	12,381	12,815	13,328	13,969	14,591	15,456	16,622
Feb			55,407	14,237	12,915	12,001	11,867	11,985	10,941	11,176	11,433	11,540	11,951	12,383	12,845	13,378	14,042	14,524	15,518	16,712
Mar			43,466	13,962	12,850	12,066	11,906	11,867	10,902	11,244	11,473	11,552	11,984	12,439	12,906	13,478	14,134	14,578	15,617	16,809
Apr			42,921	13,952	12,781	12,103	11,766	11,793	11,043	11,282	11,456	11,552	12,002	12,506	12,964	13,561	14,193	14,608	15,715	16,900
May			43,255	13,563	12,789	12,079	11,694	11,836	10,948	11,298	11,450	11,614	12,068	12,603	13,000	13,623	14,223	14,699	15,783	16,995
Jun		97,379	40,442	13,316	12,696	12,085	11,630	11,890	10,905	11,335	11,467	11,649	12,135	12,651	13,004	13,635	14,335	14,806	15,889	17,113
Jul		75,825	40,128	13,403	12,615	12,158	11,652	12,033	10,958	11,405	11,489	11,703	12,208	12,690	13,069	13,705	14,390	14,960	16,017	17,236
Aug		65,376	22,093	13,130	12,425	12,086	11,712	12,089	10,978	11,440	11,473	11,780	12,273	12,704	13,136	13,772	14,472	15,088	16,189	17,358
Sept		68,184	18,951	13,250	12,454	12,065	11,795	12,102	11,020	11,479	11,493	11,827	12,270	12,649	13,198	13,780	14,536	15,116	16,291	17,458
Oct		65,574	17,356	13,184	12,255	12,128	11,860	11,746	11,036	11,427	11,510	11,841	12,238	12,687	13,187	13,762	14,538	15,191	16,318	17,458
Nov		60,587	16,581	12,833	12,283	12,132	11,914	11,074	11,023	11,421	11,496	11,889	12,266	12,713	13,244	13,796	14,545	15,248	16,388
Dec		57,912	16,143	12,883	12,200	12,001	11,898	10,941	11,063	11,443	11,484	11,914	12,319	12,757	13,306	13,886	14,581	15,346	16,483

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Genres

General Fiction

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Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

839.31364Literature › German and related languages › Other Germanic literatures › Netherlandish literatures › Dutch › Dutch fiction › 20th Century › 1945-1999

LC Classification

PT5844.H526Language and Literature › German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures › Dutch literature › Individual authors or works › 1800-1960

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(4.03)

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3.5	27
4	107
4.5	25
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