Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Hat on the Bed

John O'Hara

Entered Dec 8, 1963 · peaked at #3 on Jan 26, 1964 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 12, 1964

Book Power
152.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
December 1963 – April 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
John O'Haraprimary100%152.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 26, 1964 on the timeline →
  1. #1The GroupMary McCarthy
  2. #2The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
  3. #3The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
  4. #4The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  5. #5CaravansJames Michener
  6. #6The Living ReedPearl S. Buck
  7. #7The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
  8. #8The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
  9. #9On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
  10. #10The Battle of the Villa FioritaRumer Godden
The Hat on the Bed — John O'Hara · ChartReign