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The Sound Wagon

T. S. Stribling

Entered Jan 6, 1936 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 20, 1936

Book Power
22.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Jan 13, 1936
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
January 1936 – January 1936

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
T. S. Striblingprimary100%22.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 13, 1936 on the timeline →
  1. #1It Can't Happen HereSinclair Lewis
  2. #2If I Have Four ApplesJosephine Lawrence
  3. #3The Sound WagonT. S. Stribling
  4. #4EuropaRobert Briffault
  5. #5Floating PerilE. Phillips Oppenheim
  6. #6Men and BrethrenJames Gould Cozzens
  7. #7Valiant Is the Word for CarrieBarry Benefield

The #1 bestsellers of 1936

1936 in books

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1936.