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King of Paris

Guy Endore

Entered Oct 21, 1956 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 17, 1957

Book Power
99.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
4 weeks there · first Oct 28, 1956
Top-ten weeks
15
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
18
October 1956 – February 1957

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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
Guy Endoreprimary100%99.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 28, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
  4. #4The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  5. #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  6. #6King of ParisGuy Endore
  7. #7The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
  8. #8The Loving CoupleVirginia Rowans
  9. #9A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
  10. #10A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

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