Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Cry, the Beloved Country
Entered Feb 29, 1948 · peaked at #11 on Mar 28, 1948 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 8, 1950
- Book Power
- 60.6
- 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
- 25
- February 1948 – January 1950
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Paton | primary | 100% | 60.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 28, 1948 on the timeline →- #1Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
- #2Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
- #3The Ides of MarchThornton Wilder
- #4House DividedBen Ames Williams
- #5East Side, West SideMarcia Davenport
- #6Lucinda BrayfordMartin Boyd
- #7Came a CavalierFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #8The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
- #9The Great OnesRalph Ingersoll
- #10Red PlushGuy McCrone