Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Fall

Albert Camus

Entered Mar 10, 1957 · peaked at #7 on Apr 7, 1957 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 12, 1958

Book Power
58.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
March 1957 – January 1958

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
Albert Camusprimary100%58.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 7, 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. #8The Fountain OverflowsRebecca West
  9. #9Stopover: TokyoJohn P. Marquand
  10. #10A LegacySybille Bedford