Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Entered May 5, 1957 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 1, 1957
- Book Power
- 85.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #7
- 7 weeks there · first May 12, 1957
- Top-ten weeks
- 13
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 17
- May 1957 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 85.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 12, 1957 on the timeline →- #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
- #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #4Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #5The Last Angry ManGerald Green
- #6The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
- #7The Short Reign of Pippin IVJohn Steinbeck
- #8The Wapshot ChronicleJohn Cheever
- #9Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
- #10The Towers of TrebizondRose Macaulay
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