Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Running of the Tide

Esther Forbes

Entered Oct 17, 1948 · peaked at #4 on Nov 28, 1948 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 20, 1949

Book Power
125.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
22
October 1948 – March 1949

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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
Esther Forbesprimary100%125.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 28, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
  2. #2The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  3. #3Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
  4. #4The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
  5. #5Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
  6. #6Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
  7. #7The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  8. #8Toward the MorningHervey Allen
  9. #9CatalinaW. Somerset Maugham
  10. #10I Capture the CastleDodie Smith