Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Razor's Edge
Entered May 14, 1944 · peaked at #1 on Aug 20, 1944 · 31 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 17, 1944
- Book Power
- 379.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 31
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 31
- May 1944 – December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Maugham | primary | 100% | 379.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 20, 1944 on the timeline →- #1The Razor's EdgeSomerset Maugham
- #2Strange FruitLillian Smith
- #3A Bell for AdanoJohn Hersey
- #4The History of Rome HanksJoseph S. Pennell
- #5Leave Her to HeavenBen Ames Williams