Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 4.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #14
- 1 week there · Jul 17, 1955
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 2
- June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Viertel | primary | 100% | 4.2 |
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
The #1 bestsellers of 1955
1955 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1955.
- The View from Pompey's Head · Hamilton Basso
- Sincerely, Willis Wayde · John Phillips Marquand
- Bonjour Tristesse · Francoise Sagan
- Something of Value · Robert Ruark
- Auntie Mame · Patrick Dennis
- Marjorie Morningstar · Herman Wouk