Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Scent of Water
Entered Jan 5, 1964 · peaked at #10 on Jan 5, 1964 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 9, 1964
- Book Power
- 12.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 3
- January 1964 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Goudge | primary | 100% | 12.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 5, 1964 on the timeline →- #1The GroupMary McCarthy
- #2The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
- #3CaravansJames Michener
- #4The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
- #5The Living ReedPearl S. Buck
- #6The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
- #7On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
- #8The Battle of the Villa FioritaRumer Godden
- #9The Three SirensIrving Wallace
- #10The Scent of WaterElizabeth Goudge