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Pied Piper

Nevil Shute

Entered Jan 19, 1942 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 20, 1942

Book Power
74.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Apr 13, 1942
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
January 1942 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Nevil Shuteprimary100%74.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 13, 1942 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Moon Is DownJohn Steinbeck
  2. #2Dragon SeedPearl S. Buck
  3. #3Pied PiperNevil Shute
  4. #4Bride of GloryBradda Field
  5. #5Frenchman's CreekDaphne Du Maurier

The #1 bestsellers of 1942

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1942.