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Stringfellow Barr

Entered Feb 9, 1958 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 16, 1958

Book Power
10.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#11
1 week there · Feb 9, 1958
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
February 1958 – March 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
Stringfellow Barrprimary100%10.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 9, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  2. #2Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman
  3. #3Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  4. #4Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
  5. #5Some Came RunningJames Jones
  6. #6The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
  7. #7The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell
  8. #8The Edge of DarknessMary Ellen Chase
  9. #9Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  10. #10Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

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