Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Breaking Wave
Entered May 1, 1955 · peaked at #8 on May 22, 1955 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 24, 1955
- Book Power
- 55.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 10
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 13
- May 1955 – July 1955
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevil Shute | primary | 100% | 55.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 22, 1955 on the timeline →- #1Bonjour TristesseFrancoise Sagan
- #2Sincerely, Willis WaydeJohn Phillips Marquand
- #3Something of ValueRobert Ruark
- #4The Good ShepherdC. S. Forester
- #5No Time for SergeantsMac Hyman
- #6The View from Pompey's HeadHamilton Basso
- #7Run Silent, Run DeepEdward L. Beach
- #8The Breaking WaveNevil Shute
- #9Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #10The ScotswomanInglis Clark Fletcher