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Peyton Place

Grace Metalious

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Grace Metaliousprimary100%806.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 25, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  2. #2Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
  3. #3The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  4. #4Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  5. #5The Tribe That Lost Its HeadNicholas Monsarrat
  6. #6A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
  7. #7King of ParisGuy Endore
  8. #8Jericho's DaughtersPaul Wellman
  9. #9CompulsionMeyer Levin
  10. #10The SuccessHelen Howe
Peyton Place — Grace Metalious · ChartReign