Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Entered Apr 2, 1961 · peaked at #1 on Apr 23, 1961 · 83 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 28, 1962
- Book Power
- 892.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 27
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 77
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 83
- April 1961 – October 1962
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Stone | primary | 100% | 892.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 23, 1961 on the timeline →- #1The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
- #2The Last of the JustAndre Schwarz-Bart
- #3A Burnt-Out CaseGraham Greene
- #4HawaiiJames A. Michener
- #5Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
- #6To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
- #7MidcenturyJohn Dos Passos
- #8China CourtRumer Godden
- #9Winnie Ille PuA.A. Milnei
- #10Manila GalleonF. Van Wyck Mason