Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A Death in the Family
Entered Dec 29, 1957 · peaked at #9 on Mar 2, 1958 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 20, 1958
- Book Power
- 41.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Agee | primary | 100% | 41.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 2, 1958 on the timeline →- #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
- #2Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
- #3Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Schulman
- #4The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
- #5Some Came RunningJames Jones
- #6Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
- #7Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
- #8Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
- #9A Death in the FamilyJames Agee
- #10The Roots of HeavenRomain Gary