Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Most Secret
Entered Nov 18, 1945 · peaked at #9 on Dec 30, 1945 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 13, 1946
- Book Power
- 20.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- November 1945 – January 1946
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevil Shute | primary | 100% | 20.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 30, 1945 on the timeline →- #1The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
- #2The White TowerJames Ramsey Ullman
- #3Cass TimberlaneSinclair Lewis
- #4Forever AmberKathleen Winsor
- #5The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #6The Peacock Sheds His TailAlice Tisdale Hobart
- #7The GauntletJames H. Street
- #8The FountainheadAyn Rand
- #9Most SecretNevil Shute
- #10So Well RememberedJames Hilton