Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Prodigal Parents
Entered Jan 31, 1938 · peaked at #1 on Feb 7, 1938 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 28, 1938
- Book Power
- 85.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- January 1938 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair Lewis | primary | 100% | 85.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 7, 1938 on the timeline →- #1The Prodigal ParentsSinclair Lewis
- #2The CitadelA. J. Cronin
- #3Northwest PassageKenneth Roberts
- #4The Rains CameLouis Bromfield
- #5Winter in AprilRobert Nathan
- #6The Nutmeg TreeMargery Sharp
- #7SerenadeJames M. Cain
- #8Wild Goose ChaseRex Warner