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Weldon Hill

Entered Mar 31, 1957 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen May 12, 1957

Book Power
8.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
1 week there · Apr 28, 1957
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
March 1957 – May 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
Weldon Hillprimary100%8.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 28, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  4. #4CompulsionMeyer Levin
  5. #5The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
  6. #6The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  7. #7Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
  8. #8The FallAlbert Camus
  9. #9A LegacySybille Bedford
  10. #10The Wapshot ChronicleJohn Cheever

The #1 bestsellers of 1957

1957 in books →

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