Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Last Hurrah
Entered Feb 26, 1956 · peaked at #1 on Mar 25, 1956 · 53 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 24, 1957
- Book Power
- 581.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 20
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 49
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 53
- February 1956 – February 1957
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin O'Connor | primary | 100% | 581.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 25, 1956 on the timeline →- #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #2AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #3Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
- #4Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6Island in the SunAlec Waugh
- #7CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
- #8H.M.S. UlyssesAlistair MacLean
- #9Boon IslandKenneth Roberts
- #10The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSloan Wilson