Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
David the King
Entered Mar 17, 1946 · peaked at #3 on Apr 7, 1946 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 14, 1946
- Book Power
- 141.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 16
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- March 1946 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladys Schmitt | primary | 100% | 141.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 7, 1946 on the timeline →- #1Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
- #2The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
- #3David the KingGladys Schmitt
- #4The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
- #5WastelandJo Sinclair
- #6The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
- #7The TurquoiseAnya Seton
- #8Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
- #9The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #10Before the Sun Goes DownElizabeth Metzger Howard