Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Harder They Fall
Entered Aug 31, 1947 · peaked at #9 on Sep 21, 1947 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 19, 1947
- Book Power
- 27.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- August 1947 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budd Schulberg | primary | 100% | 27.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 21, 1947 on the timeline →- #1The MoneymanThomas B. Costain
- #2Prince of FoxesSamuel Shellanbarger
- #3Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
- #4Kingsblood RoyalSinclair Lewis
- #5Knock on Any DoorWillard Motley
- #6Dirty EddieLudwig Bemelmans
- #7Creatures of CircumstanceW Somerset Maughan
- #8The VixensFrank Yerby
- #9The Harder They FallBudd Schulberg
- #10The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney