Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Bad Seed
Entered May 30, 1954 · peaked at #13 on Jul 4, 1954 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 1, 1954
- Book Power
- 15.0
- 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
- 7
- May 1954 – August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William March | primary | 100% | 15.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 4, 1954 on the timeline →- #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
- #2Never Victorious, Never DefeatedTaylor Caldwell
- #3Bless This HouseNorah Lofts
- #4Sweet ThursdayJohn Steinbeck
- #5Mary AnneDaphne Du Maurier
- #6The Royal BoxFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #7The DollmakerHarriette Arnow
- #8Away All BoatsKenneth Dodson
- #9A Time to Love and a Time to DieErich Maria Remarque
- #10The Song of RuthFrank G. Slaughter