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The Town

William Faulkner

Entered May 19, 1957 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 4, 1957

Book Power
62.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
3 weeks there · first May 26, 1957
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
May 1957 – August 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
William Faulknerprimary100%62.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 26, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
  4. #4Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  6. #6The TownWilliam Faulkner
  7. #7The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
  8. #8Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
  9. #9The Short Reign of Pippin IVJohn Steinbeck
  10. #10The Black ObeliskErich Maria Remarque

The #1 bestsellers of 1957

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