Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 1.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #16
- 1 week there · Aug 11, 1957
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite Yourcenar | primary | 100% | 1.8 |
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
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