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The Martyred

Richard E. Kim

Entered Mar 15, 1964 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 5, 1964

Book Power
105.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Apr 12, 1964
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
March 1964 – July 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
Richard E. Kimprimary100%105.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 12, 1964 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
  2. #2The GroupMary McCarthy
  3. #3ConventionFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  4. #4The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
  5. #5The MartyredRichard E. Kim
  6. #6The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
  7. #7Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer
  8. #8The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
  9. #9The Night of the GeneralsHans Kirst
  10. #10The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West

The #1 bestsellers of 1964

1964 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1964.