Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Big Laugh
Entered Jun 3, 1962 · peaked at #7 on Jun 24, 1962 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 2, 1962
- Book Power
- 55.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 14
- June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John O'Hara | primary | 100% | 55.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 24, 1962 on the timeline →- #1Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
- #2Youngblood HawkeHerman Wouk
- #3Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
- #4The Bull from the SeaMary Renault
- #5Devil WaterAnya Seton
- #6The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
- #7The Big LaughJohn O'Hara
- #8Dearly BelovedAnne Morrow Lindbergh
- #9UhuruRobert Ruark
- #10The ReiversWilliam Faulkner