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Everybody Slept Here

Elliott Arnold

Entered May 16, 1948 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 20, 1948

Book Power
17.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · May 30, 1948
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
May 1948 – June 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
Elliott Arnoldprimary100%17.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 30, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  2. #2Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  3. #3Parris Mitchell of Kings RowHenry Bellamann
  4. #4The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  5. #5The Ides of MarchThornton Wilder
  6. #6Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
  7. #7The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  8. #8The Time Is NoonHiram Haydn
  9. #9Everybody Slept HereElliott Arnold
  10. #10FireGeorge R. Stewart

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1948.