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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Knebel | primary | 50% | 131.3 |
| Charles W. Bailey II | primary | 50% | 131.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 3, 1964 on the timeline →- #1The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
- #2ConventionFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
- #3The GroupMary McCarthy
- #4The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
- #5The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
- #6Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer
- #7The MartyredRichard E. Kim
- #8A Night in LisbonErich Maria Remarque
- #9The Night of the GeneralsHans Kirst
- #10Reuben, ReubenPeter DeVries