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Shining Scabbard

R. C. Hutchinson

Entered Jan 11, 1937 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 25, 1937

Book Power
20.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
2 weeks there · first Jan 11, 1937
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
January 1937 – January 1937

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
R. C. Hutchinsonprimary100%20.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 11, 1937 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
  2. #2Drums Along the MohawkWalter D. Edmonds
  3. #3White BannersLloyd C. Douglas
  4. #4Laughing GasP. G. Wodehouse
  5. #5Yang and YinAlice Tisdale Hobart
  6. #6Shining ScabbardR. C. Hutchinson
  7. #7The Late George ApleyJohn P. Marquand

The #1 bestsellers of 1937

1937 in books

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1937.