Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
On the Road
Entered Oct 6, 1957 · peaked at #11 on Oct 27, 1957 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 10, 1957
- Book Power
- 14.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 5
- October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kerouac | primary | 100% | 14.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 27, 1957 on the timeline →- #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
- #2On the BeachNevil Shute
- #3Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Schulman
- #4Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
- #5The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason
- #6Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
- #7Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
- #8Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
- #9Letter from PekingPearl S. Buck
- #10FairoaksFrank Yerby