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Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

Entered May 10, 1953 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 19, 1953

Book Power
29.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Jun 14, 1953
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
May 1953 – July 1953

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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
Nikos Kazantzakisprimary100%29.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 14, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  2. #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  3. #3Battle CryLeon Uris
  4. #4Golden AdmiralFrancis Van Wyck Mason
  5. #5The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  6. #6The Echoing GroveRosamond Lehmann
  7. #7KISS Me Again, StrangerDaphne Du Maurier
  8. #8Zorba the GreekNikos Kazantzakis
  9. #9Hotel TallyrandPaul Hyde Bonner
  10. #10Kingfishers Catch FireRumer Godden

The #1 bestsellers of 1953

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1953.