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Joseph and His Brothers

Thomas Mann

Entered Jun 18, 1934 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 2, 1934

Book Power
26.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Jun 18, 1934
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
June 1934 – July 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Thomas Mannprimary100%26.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 18, 1934 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lamb in His BosomCaroline Miller
  2. #2Anthony AdverseHervey Allen
  3. #3Unfinished CathedralT. S. Stribling
  4. #4Joseph and His BrothersThomas Mann
  5. #5I, ClaudiusRobert Graves
  6. #6The UnpossessedTess Slesinger
  7. #7Seven Gothic TalesIsak Dinesen
  8. #8Journey to the End of the NightLouis-Ferdinand Celine

The #1 bestsellers of 1934

1934 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1934.