Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Flames of Time
Entered Jul 4, 1948 · peaked at #8 on Aug 1, 1948 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 22, 1948
- Book Power
- 29.0
- 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
- July 1948 – August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baynard Kendrick | primary | 100% | 29.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 1, 1948 on the timeline →- #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #2The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
- #3MelissaTaylor Caldwell
- #4Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
- #5The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
- #6PeonyPearl S. Buck
- #7The Foolish GentlewomanMargery Sharp
- #8The Flames of TimeBaynard Kendrick
- #9The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
- #10Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason