Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Peyton Place
Entered Sep 30, 1956 · peaked at #1 on Nov 25, 1956 · 76 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 23, 1958
- Book Power
- 806.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 62
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 76
- September 1956 – March 1958
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Metalious | primary | 100% | 806.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 25, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #2Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
- #3The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #4Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #5The Tribe That Lost Its HeadNicholas Monsarrat
- #6A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
- #7King of ParisGuy Endore
- #8Jericho's DaughtersPaul Wellman
- #9CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #10The SuccessHelen Howe