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The Last Hurrah

Edwin O'Connor

Entered Feb 26, 1956 · 53 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 24, 1957

Book Power
581.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
20 weeks there · first Mar 25, 1956
Top-ten weeks
49
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
53
February 1956 – February 1957

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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
Edwin O'Connorprimary100%581.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 25, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  2. #2AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
  3. #3Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
  4. #4Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
  5. #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  6. #6Island in the SunAlec Waugh
  7. #7CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
  8. #8H.M.S. UlyssesAlistair MacLean
  9. #9Boon IslandKenneth Roberts
  10. #10The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1956.