Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Bethel Merriday
Entered Apr 1, 1940 · peaked at #3 on Apr 8, 1940 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 29, 1940
- Book Power
- 43.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 5
- April 1940 – April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair Lewis | primary | 100% | 43.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 8, 1940 on the timeline →- #1How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
- #2Native SonRichard Wright
- #3Bethel MerridaySinclair Lewis
- #4Kitty FoyleChristopher Morley
- #5The NazareneSholem Asch
- #6The Morning Is Near UsSusan Glaspell