Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Success
Entered Oct 14, 1956 · peaked at #8 on Nov 11, 1956 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 6, 1957
- Book Power
- 41.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 12
- October 1956 – January 1957
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 Howe | primary | 100% | 41.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 11, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
- #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #3The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #4A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6King of ParisGuy Endore
- #7The Loving CoupleVirginia Rowans
- #8The SuccessHelen Howe
- #9The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
- #10Jericho's DaughtersPaul Wellman