Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The King Must Die
Entered Jul 27, 1958 · peaked at #3 on Aug 17, 1958 · 27 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 22, 1959
- Book Power
- 151.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 18
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 27
- July 1958 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Renault | primary | 100% | 151.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 17, 1958 on the timeline →- #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
- #2The Enemy CampJerome Weidman
- #3The King Must DieMary Renault
- #4Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
- #5The Time of the DragonsAlice Ekert-Rotholz
- #6The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
- #7The Image MakersBernard Dryer
- #8Strangers When We MeetEvan Hunter
- #9Seidman and SonElick Moll
- #10The Northern LightA. J. Cronin