Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Wayward Bus

John Steinbeck

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

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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
John Steinbeckprimary100%162.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 16, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  2. #2The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  3. #3The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  4. #4B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
  5. #5The Walls of JerichoPaul I. Wellman
  6. #6East RiverSholem Asch
  7. #7Pavilion of WomenPearl S. Buck
  8. #8Dulcimer StreetNorman Collins
  9. #9The Left Hand Is the DreamerNancy Wilson Ross
  10. #10Mr. AdamPat Frank