Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dragon Seed
Entered Feb 2, 1942 · peaked at #1 on Feb 9, 1942 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 8, 1942
- Book Power
- 239.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 19
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 19
- February 1942 – June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl S. Buck | primary | 100% | 239.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 9, 1942 on the timeline →- #1Dragon SeedPearl S. Buck
- #2WindsweptMary Ellen Chase
- #3Frenchman's CreekDaphne Du Maurier
- #4Saratoga TrunkEdna Ferber
- #5The Sun Is My UndoingMarguerite Steen
- #6Along These StreetsStruthers Burt