Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Native Son
Entered Mar 11, 1940 · peaked at #1 on Mar 18, 1940 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen May 27, 1940
- Book Power
- 115.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- March 1940 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Wright | primary | 100% | 115.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 18, 1940 on the timeline →- #1Native SonRichard Wright
- #2How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
- #3The NazareneSholem Asch
- #4Kitty FoyleChristopher Morley
- #5Moment in PekingLin Yutang
- #6Portrait of JennieRobert Nathan