Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Gentleman's Agreement

Laura Z. Hobson

Entered Mar 16, 1947 · peaked at #1 on Apr 27, 1947 · 36 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 7, 1947

Book Power
392.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
14
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
32
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
36
March 1947 – December 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
Laura Z. Hobsonprimary100%392.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 27, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
  2. #2The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  3. #3Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  4. #4The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  5. #5Mrs. MikeBenedict Freedman & Nancy Freedman
  6. #6The Chequer BoardNevil Shute
  7. #7The Walls of JerichoPaul I. Wellman
  8. #8Dulcimer StreetNorman Collins
  9. #9The Left Hand Is the DreamerNancy Wilson Ross
  10. #10East RiverSholem Asch