Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Imperial City
Entered Nov 22, 1937 · peaked at #4 on Dec 20, 1937 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 31, 1938
- Book Power
- 49.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- November 1937 – January 1938
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Rice | primary | 100% | 49.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 20, 1937 on the timeline →- #1The CitadelA. J. Cronin
- #2Northwest PassageKenneth Roberts
- #3The Rains CameLouis Bromfield
- #4Imperial CityElmer Rice
- #5Enchanter's NightshadeAnn Bridge
- #6The Turning WheelsStuart Cloethe
- #7SerenadeJames M. Cain
- #8To Have and Have NotErnest Hemingway