Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Living Reed
Entered Oct 13, 1963 · peaked at #4 on Oct 27, 1963 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 22, 1964
- Book Power
- 163.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 22
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 22
- October 1963 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl S. Buck | primary | 100% | 163.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 27, 1963 on the timeline →- #1The GroupMary McCarthy
- #2The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
- #3CaravansJames Michener
- #4The Living ReedPearl S. Buck
- #5City of NightJohn Rechy
- #6The Battle of the Villa FioritaRumer Godden
- #7On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
- #8The Three SirensIrving Wallace
- #9The ConcubineNora Lofts
- #10The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes