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Halldor Laxness

Entered Aug 25, 1946 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 8, 1946

Book Power
6.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
2 weeks there · first Sep 1, 1946
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
August 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
Halldor Laxnessprimary100%6.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 1, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  2. #2This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  3. #3Britannia MewsMargery Sharp
  4. #4RhubarbH. Allen Smith
  5. #5The AmericanHoward Fast
  6. #6Then and NowW. Somerset Maugham
  7. #7Bell TimsonMarguerite Steen
  8. #8We Happy FewHelen Howe
  9. #9The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
  10. #10The Snake PitMary Jane Ward

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

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