Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Moment in Peking
Entered Dec 4, 1939 · peaked at #1 on Dec 25, 1939 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 18, 1940
- Book Power
- 160.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 16
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- December 1939 – March 1940
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lin Yutang | primary | 100% | 160.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 25, 1939 on the timeline →- #1Moment in PekingLin Yutang
- #2The NazareneSholem Asch
- #3Kitty FoyleChristopher Morley
- #4EscapeEthel Vance
- #5Christmas HolidayW. Somerset Maugham
- #6Captain Horatio HornblowerC. S. Forester