Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
An Episode of Sparrows
Entered Dec 18, 1955 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 1, 1956
- Book Power
- 67.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #8
- 4 weeks there · first Jan 1, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- December 1955 – April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumer Godden | primary | 100% | 67.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 1, 1956 on the timeline →- #1AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #2Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
- #3Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #4CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
- #5Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
- #6The TontineThomas B. Costain
- #7The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson
- #8An Episode of SparrowsRumer Godden
- #9Something of ValueRobert Ruark
- #10A Charmed LifeMary McCarthy
The #1 bestsellers of 1956
1956 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1956.
- Andersonville · MacKinlay Kantor
- The Last Hurrah · Edwin O'Connor
- Don't Go Near the Water · William Brinkley
- Peyton Place · Grace Metalious