Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Island in the Sun
Entered Jan 22, 1956 · peaked at #5 on Apr 8, 1956 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 3, 1956
- Book Power
- 113.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 17
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 20
- January 1956 – June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Waugh | primary | 100% | 113.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 8, 1956 on the timeline →- #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #2Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
- #3AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #4Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #5Island in the SunAlec Waugh
- #6The Quiet AmericanGraham Greene
- #7Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
- #8CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
- #9H.M.S. UlyssesAlistair MacLean
- #10The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson