Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Something of Value
Entered May 8, 1955 · peaked at #1 on Jul 3, 1955 · 42 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 19, 1956
- Book Power
- 363.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 33
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 42
- May 1955 – February 1956
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ruark | primary | 100% | 363.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 3, 1955 on the timeline →- #1Something of ValueRobert Ruark
- #2Bonjour TristesseFrancoise Sagan
- #3No Time for SergeantsMac Hyman
- #4Sincerely, Willis WaydeJohn Phillips Marquand
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6The Good ShepherdC. S. Forester
- #7The Dinner PartyGretchen Finletter
- #8Run Silent, Run DeepEdward L. Beach
- #9The Breaking WaveNevil Shute
- #10The ScotswomanInglis Clark Fletcher