Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Child Buyer
Entered Oct 23, 1960 · peaked at #8 on Nov 13, 1960 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 8, 1961
- Book Power
- 41.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- October 1960 – January 1961
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hersey | primary | 100% | 41.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 13, 1960 on the timeline →- #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #3The LeopardGuiseppe di Lampedusa
- #4To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
- #5Mistress of MellynVictoria Holt
- #6The Lovely AmbitionMary Ellen Chase
- #7The Dean's WatchElizabeth Goudge
- #8The Child BuyerJohn Hersey
- #9The Chapman ReportIrving Wallace
- #10The House of Five TalentsLouis Auchincloss