Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Chairman of the Bored

Edward Streeter

Entered Oct 8, 1961 · peaked at #6 on Nov 26, 1961 · 39 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 8, 1962

Book Power
183.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
25
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
39
October 1961 – July 1962

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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
Edward Streeterprimary100%183.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 26, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
  2. #2The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  3. #3To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  4. #4The CarpetbaggersHarold Robbins
  5. #5Spirit LakeMacKinlay Kantor
  6. #6Chairman of the BoredEdward Streeter
  7. #7Clock Without HandsCarson McCullers
  8. #8Little MePatrick Dennis
  9. #9Mila 18Leon Uris
  10. #10Tropic of CancerHenry Miller