Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Silver Spoon
Entered May 26, 1957 · peaked at #2 on Aug 11, 1957 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 24, 1957
- Book Power
- 166.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 19
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 26
- May 1957 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Gilbert | primary | 100% | 166.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 11, 1957 on the timeline →- #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #2Silver SpoonEdwin Gilbert
- #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #4The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
- #5Letter from PekingPearl S. Buck
- #6Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #7Life at Happy KnollJohn P. Marquand
- #8The Durable FireHoward Swiggett
- #9The Last Angry ManGerald Green
- #10The Pink HotelDorothy Erskine & Patrick Dennis