Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Snake Pit

Mary Jane Ward

Entered Apr 28, 1946 · peaked at #2 on May 19, 1946 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 29, 1946

Book Power
194.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
April 1946 – September 1946

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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
Mary Jane Wardprimary100%194.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 19, 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. #7The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  8. #8The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
  9. #9Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  10. #10WastelandJo Sinclair
The Snake Pit — Mary Jane Ward · ChartReign