Skip to content

Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Afternoon of an Autocrat

Norah Lofts

Entered Jul 29, 1956 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 16, 1956

Book Power
15.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
2 weeks there · first Aug 5, 1956
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
July 1956 – September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Norah Loftsprimary100%15.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 5, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  2. #2Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
  3. #3The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
  4. #4A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin
  5. #5AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
  6. #6A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
  7. #7Imperial WomanPearl S. Buck
  8. #8Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  9. #9Charmed CircleSusan Ertz
  10. #10A Walk on the Wild SideNelson Algren

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

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