Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Lace Curtain
Entered Aug 8, 1948 · peaked at #7 on Sep 12, 1948 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 17, 1948
- Book Power
- 46.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- August 1948 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellin Berlin | primary | 100% | 46.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 12, 1948 on the timeline →- #1Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
- #2The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #3The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
- #4The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene
- #5MelissaTaylor Caldwell
- #6Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
- #7Lace CurtainEllin Berlin
- #8Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
- #9The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
- #10The Sky and the ForestC. S. Forester