Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Black Obelisk
Entered Apr 28, 1957 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 23, 1957
- Book Power
- 30.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #8
- 1 week there · May 5, 1957
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 9
- April 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Maria Remarque | primary | 100% | 30.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 5, 1957 on the timeline →- #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
- #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #3Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #4CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #5The Last Angry ManGerald Green
- #6The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
- #7Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
- #8The Black ObeliskErich Maria Remarque
- #9The Short Reign of Pippin IVJohn Steinbeck
- #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.
- Peyton Place · Grace Metalious
- The Scapegoat · Daphne Du Maurier
- By Love Possessed · James Gould Cozzens