Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
To the Indies
Entered Aug 5, 1940 · peaked at #4 on Aug 5, 1940 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 2, 1940
- Book Power
- 45.6
- 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
- August 1940 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. S. Forester | primary | 100% | 45.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 5, 1940 on the timeline →- #1Stars on the SeaF. Van Wyck Mason
- #2How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
- #3The Mixture as BeforeW. Somerset Maugham
- #4To the IndiesC. S. Forester
- #5Mrs. MiniverJan Struther
- #6Night in BombayLouis Bromfield