Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Convention

Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II

Entered Mar 29, 1964 · peaked at #2 on May 3, 1964 · 27 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 27, 1964

Book Power
262.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
27
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
27
March 1964 – September 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
Fletcher Knebelprimary50%131.3
Charles W. Bailey IIprimary50%131.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 3, 1964 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
  2. #2ConventionFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  3. #3The GroupMary McCarthy
  4. #4The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
  5. #5The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
  6. #6Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer
  7. #7The MartyredRichard E. Kim
  8. #8A Night in LisbonErich Maria Remarque
  9. #9The Night of the GeneralsHans Kirst
  10. #10Reuben, ReubenPeter DeVries