Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Old Beauty and Others

Willa Cather

Entered Oct 3, 1948 · peaked at #8 on Oct 24, 1948 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 19, 1948

Book Power
31.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
October 1948 – December 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
Willa Catherprimary100%31.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 24, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
  3. #3Toward the MorningHervey Allen
  4. #4Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
  5. #5The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
  6. #6The CrusadersStefan Heym
  7. #7The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
  8. #8The Old Beauty and OthersWilla Cather
  9. #9Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
  10. #10The Loved OneEvelyn Waugh