Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 94.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #4
- 2 weeks there · first Apr 22, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- March 1956 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Greene | primary | 100% | 94.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 22, 1956 on the timeline →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