Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Tontine
Entered Oct 9, 1955 · peaked at #3 on Nov 6, 1955 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 11, 1956
- Book Power
- 154.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 18
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 23
- October 1955 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas B. Costain | primary | 100% | 154.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 6, 1955 on the timeline →- #1Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
- #2Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #3The TontineThomas B. Costain
- #4The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson
- #5Something of ValueRobert Ruark
- #6Bonjour TristesseFrancoise Sagan
- #7The Deer ParkNorman Mailer
- #8Band of AngelsRobert Penn Warren
- #9These Lovers Fled AwayHoward Spring
- #10Confessions of Felix KrullThomas Mann