Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

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

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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
John Steinbeckprimary100%458.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 1, 1939 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
  2. #2All This and Heaven TooRachel Field
  3. #3Wickford PointJohn P. Marquand
  4. #4Harlequin HouseMargery Sharp
  5. #5RebeccaDaphne Du Maurier
  6. #6The Tree of LibertyElizabeth Page
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