Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Entered Jul 2, 1961 · peaked at #5 on Jul 23, 1961 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 17, 1961

Book Power
146.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
22
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
25
July 1961 – December 1961

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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
Henry Millerprimary100%146.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 23, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  2. #2To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  3. #3Mila 18Leon Uris
  4. #4The Edge of SadnessEdwin O'Connor
  5. #5Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
  6. #6The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck
  7. #7The CarpetbaggersHarold Robbins
  8. #8The Last of the JustAndre Schwarz-Bart
  9. #9RembrandtGladys Schmitt
  10. #10A Burnt-Out CaseGraham Greene