Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Young Lions
Entered Oct 24, 1948 · peaked at #1 on Nov 7, 1948 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 12, 1949
- Book Power
- 303.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks on top
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Shaw | primary | 100% | 303.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 7, 1948 on the timeline →- #1The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #2The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #3Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
- #4Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
- #5Toward the MorningHervey Allen
- #6Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
- #7The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
- #8The CrusadersStefan Heym
- #9The Cleft RockAlice Tisdale Hobart
- #10The Old Beauty and OthersWilla Cather