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A World to Win

Upton Sinclair

Entered Jun 16, 1946 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 18, 1946

Book Power
56.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Jun 23, 1946
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
June 1946 – August 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
Upton Sinclairprimary100%56.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 23, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  2. #2The Snake PitMary Jane Ward
  3. #3The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  4. #4Then and NowW. Somerset Maugham
  5. #5A World to WinUpton Sinclair
  6. #6Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  7. #7Duchess HotspurRosamond Marshall
  8. #8The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
  9. #9Wake of the Red WitchGarland Roark
  10. #10David the KingGladys Schmitt

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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