Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 206.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #3
- 9 weeks there · first Jul 25, 1954
- Top-ten weeks
- 23
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 25
- June 1954 – December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 206.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 25, 1954 on the timeline →- #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
- #2Mary AnneDaphne Du Maurier
- #3Sweet ThursdayJohn Steinbeck
- #4The Royal BoxFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #5Never Victorious, Never DefeatedTaylor Caldwell
- #6The DollmakerHarriette Arnow
- #7Bless This HouseNorah Lofts
- #8A Time to Love and a Time to DieErich Maria Remarque
- #9Away All BoatsKenneth Dodson
- #10A Wreath for the EnemyPamela Frankau
The #1 bestsellers of 1954
1954 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1954.
- Lord Vanity · Samuel Shellabarger
- Not as a Stranger · Morton Thompson
- Mary Anne · Daphne Du Maurier
- Love Is Eternal · Irving Stone