Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Explorer

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Entered Jan 10, 1965 · peaked at #6 on Feb 7, 1965 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 7, 1965

Book Power
15.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
January 1965 – February 1965

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
Frances Parkinson Keyesprimary100%15.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 7, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1HerzogSaul Bellow
  2. #2The Rector of JustinLouis Auchincloss
  3. #3The ManIrving Wallace
  4. #4The Horse Knows the WayJohn O'Hara
  5. #5This Rough MagicMary Stewart
  6. #6The ExplorerFrances Parkinson Keyes
  7. #7Funeral in BerlinLen Deighton
  8. #8You Only Live TwiceIan Fleming
  9. #9The Legend of the Seventh VirginVictoria Holt
  10. #10A Covenant with DeathStephen Becker