Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Golden Hawk

Frank Yerby

Entered May 9, 1948 · peaked at #2 on Jun 6, 1948 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 31, 1948

Book Power
179.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
May 1948 – October 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Frank Yerbyprimary100%179.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 6, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  2. #2The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  3. #3Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  4. #4The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  5. #5Parris Mitchell of Kings RowHenry Bellamann
  6. #6Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
  7. #7The Ides of MarchThornton Wilder
  8. #8The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  9. #9No Trumpet Before HimNelia Gardner White
  10. #10PeonyPearl S. Buck