Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Doctor Faustus
Entered Nov 21, 1948 · peaked at #9 on Jan 9, 1949 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 13, 1949
- Book Power
- 36.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 12
- November 1948 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Mann | primary | 100% | 36.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 9, 1949 on the timeline →- #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #2Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #3The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #4Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
- #5The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #6The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
- #7CatalinaW. Somerset Maugham
- #8Roanoke HundredInglis Clark Fletcher
- #9Doctor FaustusThomas Mann
- #10The Hearth and EagleAnya Seton