Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Serpent and the Staff

Frank Yerby

Entered Oct 26, 1958 · peaked at #13 on Oct 26, 1958 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 16, 1958

Book Power
4.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
October 1958 – November 1958

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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
Frank Yerbyprimary100%4.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 26, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1LolitaVladimir Nabokov
  2. #2Around the World with Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  3. #3Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
  4. #4Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  5. #5Women and Thomas HarrowJohn P. Marquand
  6. #6The Best of EverythingRona Jaffe
  7. #7The Enemy CampJerome Weidman
  8. #8The King Must DieMary Renault
  9. #9AngeliqueSergeanne Golon
  10. #10ExodusLeon Uris