Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Sand Pebbles

Richard McKenna

Entered Jan 20, 1963 · peaked at #2 on Mar 3, 1963 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 4, 1963

Book Power
254.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
29
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
January 1963 – August 1963

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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
Richard McKennaprimary100%254.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 3, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1Seven Days in MayFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  2. #2The Sand PebblesRichard McKenna
  3. #3Fail-SafeEugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler
  4. #4Raise High the Roof Beam, CarpentersJ.D. Salinger
  5. #5The MoonspinnersMary Stewart
  6. #6A Shade of DifferenceAllen Drury
  7. #7The Cape Cod LighterJohn O'Hara
  8. #8The Moonflower VineJetta Carleton
  9. #9$100 MisunderstandingRobert Gover
  10. #10The Man Who Played GodRobert St. John
The Sand Pebbles — Richard McKenna · ChartReign