Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Second Happiest Day
Entered Feb 15, 1953 · peaked at #5 on Mar 8, 1953 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen May 3, 1953
- Book Power
- 74.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 10
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 12
- February 1953 – May 1953
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Phillips | primary | 100% | 74.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 8, 1953 on the timeline →- #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
- #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
- #3East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
- #4Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #5The Second Happiest DayJohn Phillips
- #6GiantEdna Ferber
- #7The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #8The SojournerMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- #9The Velvet DoubletJames Street
- #10To the Moment of TriumphPamela Frankau