Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
Entered Apr 24, 1939 · peaked at #1 on May 1, 1939 · 35 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 18, 1939
- Book Power
- 458.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 24
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 35
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 35
- April 1939 – December 1939
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 458.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 1, 1939 on the timeline →- #1The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
- #2All This and Heaven TooRachel Field
- #3Wickford PointJohn P. Marquand
- #4Harlequin HouseMargery Sharp
- #5RebeccaDaphne Du Maurier
- #6The Tree of LibertyElizabeth Page