Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Story of Esther Costello
Entered Oct 11, 1953 · peaked at #12 on Oct 11, 1953 · 1 week on the list
- Book Power
- 3.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Monsarrat | primary | 100% | 3.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 11, 1953 on the timeline →- #1Beyond This PlaceA. J. Cronin
- #2DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
- #3Too Late the PhalaropeAlan Paton
- #4Time and Time AgainJames Hilton
- #5Battle CryLeon Uris
- #6The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
- #7The UnconqueredBen Ames Williams
- #8The Adventures of Augie MarchSaul Bellow
- #9Come, My BelovedPearl S. Buck
- #10The Dark AngelMika Waltari