Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John le Carré

Entered Jan 19, 1964 · peaked at #1 on Feb 23, 1964 · 56 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 14, 1965

Book Power
665.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
34
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
56
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
56
January 1964 – February 1965

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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 le Carréprimary100%665.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 23, 1964 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
  2. #2The GroupMary McCarthy
  3. #3The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
  4. #4The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
  5. #5The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
  6. #6The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  7. #7CaravansJames Michener
  8. #8On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
  9. #9The Living ReedPearl S. Buck
  10. #10Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer