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Star of the Unborn

Franz Werfel

Entered Mar 24, 1946 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 7, 1946

Book Power
8.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
2 weeks there · first Mar 24, 1946
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
March 1946 – April 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
Franz Werfelprimary100%8.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 24, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  2. #2The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  4. #4David the KingGladys Schmitt
  5. #5WastelandJo Sinclair
  6. #6Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  7. #7The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
  8. #8Before the Sun Goes DownElizabeth Metzger Howard
  9. #9The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  10. #10The Zebra DerbyMax Shulman

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

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