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The Smiling Rebel

Harnett T. Kane

Entered Nov 6, 1955 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 15, 1956

Book Power
40.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
3 weeks there · first Nov 27, 1955
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
November 1955 – January 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Harnett T. Kaneprimary100%40.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 27, 1955 on the timeline →
  1. #1Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
  2. #2Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  3. #3AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
  4. #4The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson
  5. #5The TontineThomas B. Costain
  6. #6The Deer ParkNorman Mailer
  7. #7Something of ValueRobert Ruark
  8. #8CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
  9. #9The Smiling RebelHarnett T. Kane
  10. #10Band of AngelsRobert Penn Warren

The #1 bestsellers of 1955

1955 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1955.