Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

There Was a Time

Taylor Caldwell

Entered May 25, 1947 · peaked at #3 on Jun 8, 1947 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 24, 1947

Book Power
96.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
May 1947 – August 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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%96.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 8, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
  2. #2The VixensFrank Yerby
  3. #3There Was a TimeTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4The Big SkyA.B. Guthrie Jr
  5. #5The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  6. #6Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  7. #7The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  8. #8Mrs. MikeBenedict Freedman & Nancy Freedman
  9. #9Knock on Any DoorWillard Motley
  10. #10The Chequer BoardNevil Shute