TheBestseller
Observatory
1962
SHIP OF FOOLS
Katherine Anne Porter
Cover of SHIP OF FOOLS

SHIP OF FOOLS

Secker & Warburg

by Katherine Anne Porter

Little, Brown and Company · 1962

Peak rank

#1

Weeks on list

44

Weeks at #1

26

Debuted

April 1962

Chart History

#15101519621963
dashed = off the list

44 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, including 26 weeks at #1

All Appearances

11NEWApril 15, 1962wk 1
5↑6April 22, 1962wk 2
1↑4April 29, 1962wk 3
1—May 6, 1962wk 4
1—May 13, 1962wk 5
1—May 20, 1962wk 6
1—May 27, 1962wk 7
1—June 3, 1962wk 8
1—June 10, 1962wk 9
1—June 17, 1962wk 10
1—June 24, 1962wk 11
1—July 1, 1962wk 12

Details

Published
1962
Pages
511
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company

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