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Memoirs of Hecate County

Edmund Wilson

Entered Apr 14, 1946 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 1, 1946

Book Power
51.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · May 26, 1946
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
April 1946 – September 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
Edmund Wilsonprimary100%51.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 26, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  2. #2The Snake PitMary Jane Ward
  3. #3Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  4. #4The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
  5. #5David the KingGladys Schmitt
  6. #6Wake of the Red WitchGarland Roark
  7. #7Memoirs of Hecate CountyEdmund Wilson
  8. #8Duchess HotspurRosamond Marshall
  9. #9Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  10. #10The Black RoseThomas B. Costain

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books

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