Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 1.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #16
- 1 week there · Aug 19, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Ashton | primary | 100% | 1.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 19, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
- #2The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #3The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
- #4A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin
- #5A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
- #6AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #7Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #8Charmed CircleSusan Ertz
- #9The Rosemary TreeElizabeth Goudge
- #10Imperial WomanPearl S. Buck
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