Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Cross of Iron
Entered May 20, 1956 · peaked at #9 on Jun 3, 1956 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 8, 1956
- Book Power
- 22.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willi Heinrich | primary | 100% | 22.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 3, 1956 on the timeline →- #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #2Imperial WomanPearl S. Buck
- #3AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #4Lucy CrownIrwin Shaw
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
- #7The Quiet AmericanGraham Greene
- #8Comfort Me with ApplesPeter De Vries
- #9The Cross of IronWilli Heinrich
- #10With Both Eyes OpenPaul Hyde Bonner