Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Fame Is the Spur
Entered Nov 25, 1940 · peaked at #3 on Dec 16, 1940 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 3, 1941
- Book Power
- 77.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 9
- November 1940 – February 1941
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Spring | primary | 100% | 77.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 16, 1940 on the timeline →- #1Oliver WiswellKenneth Roberts
- #2For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway
- #3Fame Is the SpurHoward Spring
- #4Mrs. MiniverJan Struther
- #5The FamilyNina Fedorova
- #6Sapphira and the Slave GirlWilla Cather
- #7The VoyageCharles Morgan