Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Night of the Generals
Entered Apr 5, 1964 · peaked at #9 on Apr 12, 1964 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen May 24, 1964
- Book Power
- 31.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- April 1964 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Kirst | primary | 100% | 31.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 12, 1964 on the timeline →- #1The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré
- #2The GroupMary McCarthy
- #3ConventionFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
- #4The Wapshot ScandalJohn Cheever
- #5The MartyredRichard E. Kim
- #6The Venetian AffairHelen MacInnes
- #7Von Ryan's ExpressDavid Westheimer
- #8The Hat on the BedJohn O'Hara
- #9The Night of the GeneralsHans Kirst
- #10The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West