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The Young Lions

Irwin Shaw

Entered Oct 24, 1948 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 12, 1949

Book Power
303.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
4 weeks there · first Nov 7, 1948
Top-ten weeks
29
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
34
October 1948 – June 1949

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Irwin Shawprimary100%303.5

The top ten the week it peaked

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

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1948.