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The Small Room

May Sarton

Entered Oct 1, 1961 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 15, 1961

Book Power
7.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Oct 15, 1961
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
October 1961 – October 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
May Sartonprimary100%7.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 15, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  2. #2Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
  3. #3To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  4. #4The CarpetbaggersHarold Robbins
  5. #5Mila 18Leon Uris
  6. #6Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
  7. #7The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck
  8. #8The Edge of SadnessEdwin O'Connor
  9. #9Clock Without HandsCarson McCullers
  10. #10The Incredible JourneySheila Burnford

The #1 bestsellers of 1961

1961 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1961.