Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Big Money

John Dos Passos

Entered Aug 17, 1936 · peaked at #4 on Aug 24, 1936 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 19, 1936

Book Power
67.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
August 1936 – October 1936

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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
John Dos Passosprimary100%67.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 24, 1936 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
  2. #2Eyeglass in GazaAldous Huxley
  3. #3Drums Along the MohawkWalter D. Edmonds
  4. #4The Big MoneyJohn Dos Passos
  5. #5The DoctorMary Roberts Rinehart
  6. #6Gunnar's DaughterSigrid Undset
  7. #7The Man from the NorlandsJohn Buchan
  8. #8The Last PuritanGeorge Santayana