Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Lost Horizon

James Hilton

Entered Oct 22, 1934 · peaked at #1 on Dec 3, 1934 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 29, 1935

Book Power
205.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
October 1934 – April 1935

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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
James Hiltonprimary100%166.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 3, 1934 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lost HorizonJames Hilton
  2. #2Pitcairn's IslandCharles Nordloff & James Norman Hall
  3. #3Good-Bye, Mr. ChipsJames Hilton
  4. #4So Red the RoseStark Young
  5. #5Lust for LifeIrving Stone
  6. #6The Jasmine FarmElizabeth von Arnim
  7. #7The Forty Days of Musa DaghFranz Werfel
  8. #8Captain CautionKenneth Roberts