Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Appointment in Samarra
Entered Aug 27, 1934 · peaked at #5 on Sep 3, 1934 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 22, 1934
- Book Power
- 47.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- August 1934 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John O'Hara | primary | 100% | 47.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 3, 1934 on the timeline →- #1So Red the RoseStark Young
- #2Good-Bye, Mr. ChipsJames Hilton
- #3Lamb in His BosomCaroline Miller
- #4Anthony AdverseHervey Allen
- #5Appointment in SamarraJohn O'Hara
- #6Dusk at the GroveSamuel Rogers
- #7The Peel TraitJoseph C. Lincoln
- #8Holy DeadlockA. P. Herbert