Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Heart of the Matter
Entered Aug 1, 1948 · peaked at #3 on Aug 22, 1948 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 14, 1948
- Book Power
- 102.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- August 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Greene | primary | 100% | 102.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 22, 1948 on the timeline →- #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #2The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
- #3The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene
- #4Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
- #5MelissaTaylor Caldwell
- #6The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
- #7Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
- #8PeonyPearl S. Buck
- #9Woman with a SwordHollister Noble
- #10Lace CurtainEllin Berlin