Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Wayward Bus
Entered Mar 9, 1947 · peaked at #2 on Mar 16, 1947 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 13, 1947
- Book Power
- 162.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 15
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 18
- March 1947 – July 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 162.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 16, 1947 on the timeline →- #1Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
- #2The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
- #3The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
- #4B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
- #5The Walls of JerichoPaul I. Wellman
- #6East RiverSholem Asch
- #7Pavilion of WomenPearl S. Buck
- #8Dulcimer StreetNorman Collins
- #9The Left Hand Is the DreamerNancy Wilson Ross
- #10Mr. AdamPat Frank