Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A Long and Happy Life
Entered May 6, 1962 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen May 27, 1962
- Book Power
- 8.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #14
- 2 weeks there · first May 13, 1962
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- May 1962 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Price | primary | 100% | 8.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 13, 1962 on the timeline →- #1Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
- #2Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
- #3The Bull from the SeaMary Renault
- #4The Fox in the AtticRichard Hughes
- #5The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
- #6Devil WaterAnya Seton
- #7A Prologue to LoveTaylor Caldwell
- #8IslandAldous Huxley
- #9Hornstein's BoyRobert Traver
- #10To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
The #1 bestsellers of 1962
1962 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1962.
- Franny and Zooey · J.D. Salinger
- Ship of Fools · Katherine Anne Porter
- A Shade of Difference · Allen Drury
- Seven Days in May · Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II