Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A Bell for Adano
Entered Mar 5, 1944 · peaked at #2 on Mar 12, 1944 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 24, 1944
- Book Power
- 289.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 28
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 28
- March 1944 – September 1944
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hersey | primary | 100% | 289.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 12, 1944 on the timeline →- #1A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith
- #2A Bell for AdanoJohn Hersey
- #3The Lost WeekendCharles Jackson
- #4The RobeLloyd C. Douglas
- #5The ApostleSholem Asch