Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
True Grit
Entered Jul 21, 1968 · peaked at #3 on Sep 29, 1968 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 22, 1968
- Book Power
- 164.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 22
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 22
- July 1968 – December 1968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Portis | primary | 100% | 164.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 29, 1968 on the timeline →- #1AirportArthur Hailey
- #2CouplesJohn Updike
- #3True GritCharles Portis
- #4Testimony of Two MenTaylor Caldwell
- #5Preserve and ProtectAllen Drury
- #6The SenatorDrew Pearson
- #7The Salzburg ConnectionHelen MacInnes
- #8Red Sky at MorningRichard Bradford
- #9Heaven Help Us!Herbert Tarr
- #10The Queen's ConfessionVictoria Holt