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The Group

Mary McCarthy

Entered Sep 8, 1963 · 51 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 30, 1964

Book Power
568.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
19 weeks there · first Oct 6, 1963
Top-ten weeks
51
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
51
September 1963 – August 1964

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Mary McCarthyprimary100%568.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 6, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1The GroupMary McCarthy
  2. #2The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  3. #3CaravansJames Michener
  4. #4Elizabeth AppletonJohn O'Hara
  5. #5City of NightJohn Rechy
  6. #6Joy in the MorningBetty Smith
  7. #7The CollectorJohn Fowles
  8. #8On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
  9. #9The ConcubineNorah Lofts
  10. #10Powers of AttorneyLouis Auchincloss

The #1 bestsellers of 1963

1963 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1963.