Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Paradise

Esther Forbes

Entered Mar 15, 1937 · peaked at #3 on Apr 5, 1937 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 14, 1937

Book Power
84.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
March 1937 – June 1937

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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
Esther Forbesprimary100%84.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 5, 1937 on the timeline →
  1. #1Drums Along the MohawkWalter D. Edmonds
  2. #2TheatreSomerset Maugham
  3. #3ParadiseEsther Forbes
  4. #4We Are Not AloneJames Hilton
  5. #5Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck
  6. #6Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
  7. #7The Late George ApleyJohn P. Marquand
  8. #8The SistersMyron Brinig