Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Entered Feb 26, 1934 · peaked at #2 on Mar 26, 1934 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 2, 1934
- Book Power
- 59.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- February 1934 – April 1934
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James M. Cain | primary | 100% | 59.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 26, 1934 on the timeline →- #1Anthony AdverseHervey Allen
- #2The Postman Always Rings TwiceJames M. Cain
- #3Work of ArtSinclair Lewis
- #4Magnus MerrimanEric Linklater
- #5The OppermannsLion Feuchtwanger
- #6UlyssesJames Joyce
- #7Secret Service Operator 13Robert W. Chambers
- #8Murder in the Calais CoachAgatha Christie