Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Winter of Our Discontent
Entered Jul 9, 1961 · peaked at #5 on Jul 16, 1961 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 24, 1961
- Book Power
- 144.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 18
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 23
- July 1961 – December 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 Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 144.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 16, 1961 on the timeline →- #1The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
- #2To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
- #3Mila 18Leon Uris
- #4The Edge of SadnessEdwin O'Connor
- #5The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck
- #6Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
- #7The CarpetbaggersHarold Robbins
- #8The Last of the JustAndre Schwarz-Bart
- #9A Burnt-Out CaseGraham Greene
- #10HawaiiJames A. Michener