Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

One Clear Call

Upton Sinclair

Entered Sep 19, 1948 · peaked at #6 on Oct 10, 1948 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 7, 1948

Book Power
27.9
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
7
September 1948 – November 1948

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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
Upton Sinclairprimary100%27.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 10, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
  3. #3Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
  4. #4Toward the MorningHervey Allen
  5. #5The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh
  6. #6One Clear CallUpton Sinclair
  7. #7The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene
  8. #8MelissaTaylor Caldwell
  9. #9The CrusadersStefan Heym
  10. #10No HighwayNevil Shute