Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Joy in the Morning

Betty Smith

Entered Sep 1, 1963 · peaked at #5 on Sep 1, 1963 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 10, 1963

Book Power
69.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
September 1963 – November 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
Betty Smithprimary100%69.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 1, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  2. #2Elizabeth AppletonJohn O'Hara
  3. #3CaravansJames Michener
  4. #4City of NightJohn Rechy
  5. #5Joy in the MorningBetty Smith
  6. #6The CollectorJohn Fowles
  7. #7The Glass BlowersDaphne Du Maurier
  8. #8Grandmother and the PriestsTaylor Caldwell
  9. #9The ConcubineNora Lofts
  10. #10Bride of PendorricVictoria Holt
Joy in the Morning — Betty Smith · ChartReign