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Thomas

Shelley Mydans

Entered Oct 3, 1965 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 13, 1966

Book Power
105.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
4 weeks there · first Dec 12, 1965
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
18
October 1965 – February 1966

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
Shelley Mydansprimary100%105.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 12, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SourceJames Michener
  2. #2Those Who LoveIrving Stone
  3. #3Up the Down StaircaseBel Kaufman
  4. #4Airs Above the GroundMary Stewart
  5. #5HotelArthur Hailey
  6. #6ThomasShelley Mydans
  7. #7The Honey BadgerRobert Ruark
  8. #8The Green BeretsRobin Moore
  9. #9The RabbiNoah Gordon
  10. #10The Man with the Golden GunIan Fleming

The #1 bestsellers of 1965

1965 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1965.