Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Fountainhead
Entered Jul 15, 1945 · peaked at #5 on Jul 15, 1945 · 30 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 4, 1949
- Book Power
- 112.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 30
- July 1945 – September 1949
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayn Rand | primary | 100% | 112.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 15, 1945 on the timeline →- #1A Lion Is in the StreetsAdria Locke Langley
- #2Captain from CastilleSamuel Shellaburger
- #3Dragon HarvestUpton Sinclair
- #4Commodore HornblowerC. S. Forester
- #5The FountainheadAyn Rand