Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
King of Paris
Entered Oct 21, 1956 · peaked at #6 on Oct 28, 1956 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 17, 1957
- Book Power
- 99.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 15
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- October 1956 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Endore | primary | 100% | 99.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 28, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
- #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #3A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
- #4The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6King of ParisGuy Endore
- #7The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
- #8The Loving CoupleVirginia Rowans
- #9A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
- #10A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin