Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The City and the Pillar
Entered Feb 8, 1948 · peaked at #7 on Feb 29, 1948 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 18, 1948
- Book Power
- 24.9
- 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
- February 1948 – April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Vidal | primary | 100% | 24.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 29, 1948 on the timeline →- #1House DividedBen Ames Williams
- #2East Side, West SideMarcia Davenport
- #3Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
- #4Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
- #5Came a CavalierFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #6A Light in the WindowMary Roberts Rinehart
- #7The City and the PillarGore Vidal
- #8UnconqueredNeil H. Swanson
- #9The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
- #10The MoneymanThomas B. Costain