Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Oliver Wiswell

Kenneth Roberts

Entered Dec 2, 1940 · peaked at #1 on Dec 2, 1940 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen May 19, 1941

Book Power
268.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
9
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
December 1940 – May 1941

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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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Kenneth Robertsprimary100%268.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 2, 1940 on the timeline →
  1. #1Oliver WiswellKenneth Roberts
  2. #2For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway
  3. #3Mrs. MiniverJan Struther
  4. #4Fame Is the SpurHoward Spring
  5. #5The FamilyNina Fedorova
  6. #6The VoyageCharles Morgan