Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Big Fisherman
Entered Nov 28, 1948 · peaked at #1 on Dec 19, 1948 · 62 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 5, 1950
- Book Power
- 590.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 16
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 54
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 62
- November 1948 – February 1950
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd C. Douglas | primary | 100% | 590.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 19, 1948 on the timeline →- #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #2The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #3The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #4Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
- #5Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #6The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
- #7CatalinaW. Somerset Maugham
- #8I Capture the CastleDodie Smith
- #9Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
- #10Doctor FaustusThomas Mann