Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Peony
Entered Jun 6, 1948 · peaked at #3 on Jul 18, 1948 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 12, 1948
- Book Power
- 96.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 14
- June 1948 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl S. Buck | primary | 100% | 96.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 18, 1948 on the timeline →- #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #2Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
- #3PeonyPearl S. Buck
- #4The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
- #5MelissaTaylor Caldwell
- #6The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
- #7The Foolish GentlewomanMargery Sharp
- #8The World Is Not EnoughZoe Oldenbourg
- #9Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
- #10Bright FeatherRobert Wilder