Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Anatomy of a Murder
Entered Jan 26, 1958 · peaked at #1 on Mar 9, 1958 · 59 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 19, 1959
- Book Power
- 640.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks on top
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Traver | primary | 100% | 640.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 9, 1958 on the timeline →- #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
- #2By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
- #3Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Schulman
- #4The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
- #5Some Came RunningJames Jones
- #6Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
- #7The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
- #8North from RomeHelen MacInnes
- #9The Roots of HeavenRomain Gary
- #10The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell