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Anatomy of a Murder

Robert Traver

Entered Jan 26, 1958 · 59 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 19, 1959

Book Power
640.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
29 weeks there · first Mar 9, 1958
Top-ten weeks
53
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
59
January 1958 – April 1959

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
Robert Traverprimary100%640.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 9, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  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. #7The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  8. #8North from RomeHelen MacInnes
  9. #9The Roots of HeavenRomain Gary
  10. #10The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

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