Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Entered Dec 16, 1956 · peaked at #11 on Dec 30, 1956 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 27, 1957
- Book Power
- 16.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond Innes | primary | 100% | 16.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 30, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #2Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
- #3The Tribe That Lost Its HeadNicholas Monsarrat
- #4The Fountain OverflowsRebecca West
- #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #6CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #7King of ParisGuy Endore
- #8The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
- #9Merry Christmas, Mr. BaxterEdward Streeter
- #10Jericho's DaughtersPaul Wellman