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Nightmare Alley
Entered Oct 13, 1946 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 17, 1946
- Book Power
- 3.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #15
- 1 week there · Oct 13, 1946
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 2
- October 1946 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Lindsay Gresham | primary | 100% | 3.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 13, 1946 on the timeline →- #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
- #2This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
- #3The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
- #4Britannia MewsMargery Sharp
- #5RhubarbH. Allen Smith
- #6The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
- #7The Dark WoodChristine Weston
- #8All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren
- #9Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
- #10The Foxes of HarrowFrank Yerby
The #1 bestsellers of 1946
1946 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1946.
- The Black Rose · Thomas B. Costain
- The King's General · Daphne Du Maurier
- Arch of Triumph · Erich Maria Remarque
- This Side of Innocence · Taylor Caldwell
- The Hucksters · Frederic Wakeman
- East River · Sholem Asch
- B.F.'s DAUGHTER · John P. Marquand