Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Botany Bay
Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
Entered Nov 24, 1941 · peaked at #5 on Dec 29, 1941 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 12, 1942
- Book Power
- 51.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- November 1941 – January 1942
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Nordhoff | primary | 50% | 26.0 |
| James Norman Hall | primary | 50% | 26.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 29, 1941 on the timeline →- #1Saratoga TrunkEdna Ferber
- #2The Keys of the KingdomA. J. Cronin
- #3WindsweptMary Ellen Chase
- #4The Sun Is My UndoingMarguerite Steen
- #5Botany BayCharles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
- #6Wild Is the RiverLouis Bromfield