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Elephant and Castle

R. C. Hutchinson

Entered Feb 20, 1949 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 27, 1949

Book Power
23.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first Mar 6, 1949
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
February 1949 – March 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
R. C. Hutchinsonprimary100%23.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 6, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  2. #2Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
  3. #3High TowersThomas B. Costain
  4. #4The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
  5. #5The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  6. #6The DukaysLajos Zilaby
  7. #7Mary WakefieldMazo de la Roche
  8. #8Elephant and CastleR. C. Hutchinson
  9. #9The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
  10. #10The Hearth and EagleAnya Seton

The #1 bestsellers of 1949

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1949.