Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Pearl
Entered Dec 21, 1947 · peaked at #11 on Dec 21, 1947 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 1, 1948
- Book Power
- 20.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- December 1947 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 20.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 21, 1947 on the timeline →- #1House DividedBen Ames Williams
- #2East Side, West SideMarcia Davenport
- #3Came a CavalierFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #4The MoneymanThomas B. Costain
- #5Nothing So StrangeJames Hilton
- #6Proud DestinyLion Feuchtwanger
- #7Gus the GreatThomas W. Duncan
- #8Prince of FoxesSamuel Shellanbarger
- #9The Garretson ChronicleGerald Warner Brace
- #10Knock on Any DoorWillard Motley