Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Group
Entered Sep 8, 1963 · peaked at #1 on Oct 6, 1963 · 51 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 30, 1964
- Book Power
- 568.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 19
- weeks on top
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary McCarthy | primary | 100% | 568.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 6, 1963 on the timeline →- #1The GroupMary McCarthy
- #2The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
- #3CaravansJames Michener
- #4Elizabeth AppletonJohn O'Hara
- #5City of NightJohn Rechy
- #6Joy in the MorningBetty Smith
- #7The CollectorJohn Fowles
- #8On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
- #9The ConcubineNora Lofts
- #10Powers of AttorneyLouis Auchincloss