Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

Entered Aug 11, 1957 · peaked at #2 on Sep 1, 1957 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 23, 1958

Book Power
248.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
August 1957 – February 1958

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
Nevil Shuteprimary100%248.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 1, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  2. #2On the BeachNevil Shute
  3. #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
  4. #4Silver SpoonEdwin Gilbert
  5. #5Letter from PekingPearl S. Buck
  6. #6The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason
  7. #7The Pink HotelDorothy Erskine & Patrick Dennis
  8. #8The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  9. #9Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  10. #10The Durable FireHoward Swiggett
On the Beach — Nevil Shute · ChartReign