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A Death in the Family

James Agee

Entered Dec 29, 1957 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 20, 1958

Book Power
41.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Mar 2, 1958
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
December 1957 – July 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
James Ageeprimary100%41.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 2, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  2. #2Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  3. #3Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman
  4. #4The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
  5. #5Some Came RunningJames Jones
  6. #6Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
  7. #7Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
  8. #8Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  9. #9A Death in the FamilyJames Agee
  10. #10The Roots of HeavenRomain Gary

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1958.