Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Big Sky
Entered May 25, 1947 · peaked at #4 on Jun 8, 1947 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 4, 1948
- Book Power
- 117.2
- 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
- 21
- May 1947 – January 1948
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.B. Guthrie Jr | primary | 100% | 117.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 8, 1947 on the timeline →- #1Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
- #2The VixensFrank Yerby
- #3There Was a TimeTaylor Caldwell
- #4The Big SkyA.B. Guthrie Jr
- #5The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
- #6Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
- #7The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
- #8Mrs. MikeBenedict Freedman & Nancy Freedman
- #9Knock on Any DoorWillard Motley
- #10The Chequer BoardNevil Shute