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Wasteland

Jo Sinclair

Entered Mar 10, 1946 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 9, 1946

Book Power
79.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
4 weeks there · first Mar 17, 1946
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
March 1946 – June 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Jo Sinclairprimary100%79.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 17, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  3. #3The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  4. #4Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  5. #5WastelandJo Sinclair
  6. #6Before the Sun Goes DownElizabeth Metzger Howard
  7. #7The TurquoiseAnya Seton
  8. #8The Zebra DerbyMax Shulman
  9. #9The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  10. #10Written on the WindRobert Wilder

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1946.