Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Too Late the Phalarope
Entered Sep 6, 1953 · peaked at #2 on Oct 18, 1953 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 7, 1954
- Book Power
- 157.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 16
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 22
- September 1953 – February 1954
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Paton | primary | 100% | 157.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 18, 1953 on the timeline →- #1Beyond This PlaceA. J. Cronin
- #2Too Late the PhalaropeAlan Paton
- #3DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
- #4Time and Time AgainJames Hilton
- #5The UnconqueredBen Ames Williams
- #6Battle CryLeon Uris
- #7The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
- #8The Adventures of Augie MarchSaul Bellow
- #9Come, My BelovedPearl S. Buck
- #10The Devil's LaughterFrank Yerby