Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Letter from Peking
Entered Jul 28, 1957 · peaked at #2 on Aug 18, 1957 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 1, 1957
- Book Power
- 123.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 13
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- July 1957 – December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl S. Buck | primary | 100% | 123.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 18, 1957 on the timeline →- #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #2Letter from PekingPearl S. Buck
- #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
- #4Silver SpoonEdwin Gilbert
- #5The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
- #6The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason
- #7The Pink HotelDorothy Erskine & Patrick Dennis
- #8On the BeachNevil Shute
- #9The Last Angry ManGerald Green
- #10Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes