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The Image Makers

Bernard Dryer

Entered Jul 6, 1958 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 23, 1958

Book Power
112.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Aug 31, 1958
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
20
July 1958 – November 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
Bernard Dryerprimary100%112.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 31, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2The Enemy CampJerome Weidman
  3. #3Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
  4. #4The Image MakersBernard Dryer
  5. #5The Time of the DragonsAlice Ekert-Rotholz
  6. #6The King Must DieMary Renault
  7. #7The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  8. #8Strangers When We MeetEvan Hunter
  9. #9Around the World with Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  10. #10Seidman and SonElick Moll

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

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