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The Loved One

Evelyn Waugh

Entered Jul 18, 1948 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 7, 1948

Book Power
152.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
4 weeks there · first Aug 1, 1948
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
July 1948 – November 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
Evelyn Waughprimary100%152.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 1, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
  3. #3MelissaTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  5. #5The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  6. #6PeonyPearl S. Buck
  7. #7The Foolish GentlewomanMargery Sharp
  8. #8The Flames of TimeBaynard Kendrick
  9. #9The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  10. #10Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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