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North from Rome

Helen MacInnes

Entered Mar 9, 1958 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 10, 1958

Book Power
154.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
4 weeks there · first Apr 13, 1958
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
March 1958 – August 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
Helen MacInnesprimary100%154.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 13, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  3. #3By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  4. #4North from RomeHelen MacInnes
  5. #5Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman
  6. #6The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
  7. #7Maggie-NowBetty Smith
  8. #8Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
  9. #9The SergeantDennis Murphy
  10. #10The Roots of HeavenRomain Gary

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

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