Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Entered Aug 30, 1943 · peaked at #1 on Sep 20, 1943 · 51 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 17, 1944

Book Power
655.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
28
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
51
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
51
August 1943 – September 1944

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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
Betty Smithprimary100%655.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 20, 1943 on the timeline →
  1. #1A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith
  2. #2So Little TimeJohn P. Marquand
  3. #3The RobeLloyd C. Douglas
  4. #4Hungry HillDaphne Du Maurier
  5. #5The Valley of DecisionMarcia Davenport