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Mr. Adam

Pat Frank

Entered Oct 13, 1946 · 36 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 7, 1947

Book Power
144.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
1 week there · Nov 17, 1946
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
36
October 1946 – December 1947

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
Pat Frankprimary100%144.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 17, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  2. #2East RiverSholem Asch
  3. #3The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  4. #4This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  5. #5The Fall of ValorCharles Jackson
  6. #6Mr. AdamPat Frank
  7. #7The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
  8. #8Lord HornblowerC. S. Forester
  9. #9The Sudden GuestChristopher La Farge
  10. #10The Dark WoodChristine Weston

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

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