Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Kidnap Murder Case
Entered Oct 26, 1936 · peaked at #7 on Nov 9, 1936 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 23, 1936
- Book Power
- 23.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- October 1936 – November 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. S. Van Dine | primary | 100% | 23.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 9, 1936 on the timeline →- #1Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
- #2Drums Along the MohawkWalter D. Edmonds
- #3A Prayer for My SonHugh Walpole
- #4White BannersLloyd C. Douglas
- #5File on Bolitho BlaneDennis Wheatley & J. H. Links
- #6Anthony AdverseHervey Allen
- #7The Kidnap Murder CaseS. S. Van Dine
- #8Absalom, AbsalomWilliam Faulkner