Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Sudden Guest
Entered Oct 6, 1946 · peaked at #8 on Oct 6, 1946 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 1, 1946
- Book Power
- 35.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 9
- October 1946 – December 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher La Farge | primary | 100% | 35.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 6, 1946 on the timeline →- #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
- #2This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
- #3The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
- #4RhubarbH. Allen Smith
- #5Britannia MewsMargery Sharp
- #6The Dark WoodChristine Weston
- #7All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren
- #8The Sudden GuestChristopher La Farge
- #9The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
- #10Animal FarmGeorge Orwell