Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Wapshot Scandal

John Cheever

Entered Jan 26, 1964 · peaked at #4 on Mar 8, 1964 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 28, 1964

Book Power
172.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
January 1964 – June 1964

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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 Cheeverprimary100%172.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 8, 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 Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
  5. #5The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
  6. #6The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  7. #7Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer
  8. #8On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
  9. #9Wind from the CarolinasRobert Wilder
  10. #10The FanaticMeyer Levin
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