Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Nazarene

Sholem Asch

Entered Oct 30, 1939 · peaked at #1 on Dec 18, 1939 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 8, 1940

Book Power
281.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
7
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
October 1939 – April 1940

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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
Sholem Aschprimary100%281.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 18, 1939 on the timeline →
  1. #1The NazareneSholem Asch
  2. #2Kitty FoyleChristopher Morley
  3. #3Moment in PekingLin Yutang
  4. #4Christmas HolidayW. Somerset Maugham
  5. #5EscapeEthel Vance
  6. #6The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck