Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 2.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #15
- 1 week there · May 1, 1960
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- May 1960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Malm | primary | 100% | 2.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 1, 1960 on the timeline →- #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #3The Constant ImageMarcia Davenport
- #4Ourselves to KnowJohn O'Hara
- #5The Lincoln LordsCameron Hawley
- #6Two Weeks in Another TownIrwin Shaw
- #7Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute
- #8CleaLawrence Durrell
- #9Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New YorkPaul Gallico
- #10Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
The #1 bestsellers of 1960
1960 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1960.
- Advise and Consent · Allen Drury
- Hawaii · James A. Michener