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Mister Roberts

Thomas Heggen

Entered Sep 15, 1946 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen May 2, 1948

Book Power
86.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first Nov 3, 1946
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
28
September 1946 – May 1948

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
Thomas Heggenprimary100%86.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 3, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  2. #2The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  3. #3This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4The Fall of ValorCharles Jackson
  5. #5The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
  6. #6All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren
  7. #7Mr. AdamPat Frank
  8. #8Mister RobertsThomas Heggen
  9. #9RhubarbH. Allen Smith
  10. #10Lord HornblowerC. S. Forester

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

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