Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Dinner Party
Entered May 22, 1955 · peaked at #6 on Jul 17, 1955 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 18, 1955
- Book Power
- 83.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- May 1955 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Finletter | primary | 100% | 83.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 17, 1955 on the timeline →- #1Something of ValueRobert Ruark
- #2Bonjour TristesseFrancoise Sagan
- #3Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #4No Time for SergeantsMac Hyman
- #5Sincerely, Willis WaydeJohn Phillips Marquand
- #6The Dinner PartyGretchen Finletter
- #7The Good ShepherdC. S. Forester
- #8The Flower GirlsClemence Dane
- #9Excelsior!Paul Hyde Bonner
- #10Run Silent, Run DeepEdward L. Beach