Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Devil Water
Entered Mar 18, 1962 · peaked at #4 on Jun 3, 1962 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 2, 1962
- Book Power
- 137.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 15
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 25
- March 1962 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anya Seton | primary | 100% | 137.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 3, 1962 on the timeline →- #1Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
- #2The Bull from the SeaMary Renault
- #3Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
- #4Devil WaterAnya Seton
- #5The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
- #6The Fox in the AtticRichard Hughes
- #7Youngblood HawkeHerman Wouk
- #8Captain Newman, M.D.Leo Calvin Rosten
- #9The Big LaughJohn O'Hara
- #10Hornstein's BoyRobert Traver