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A Legacy

Sybille Bedford

Entered Mar 3, 1957 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 23, 1957

Book Power
48.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Apr 14, 1957
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
March 1957 – June 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Sybille Bedfordprimary100%48.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 14, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
  4. #4Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
  6. #6The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  7. #7The FallAlbert Camus
  8. #8A LegacySybille Bedford
  9. #9The Fountain OverflowsRebecca West
  10. #10Stopover: TokyoJohn P. Marquand

The #1 bestsellers of 1957

1957 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1957.