Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Heat of the Day
Entered Mar 13, 1949 · peaked at #7 on Mar 20, 1949 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen May 8, 1949
- Book Power
- 30.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- March 1949 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Bowen | primary | 100% | 30.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 20, 1949 on the timeline →- #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #2Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #3High TowersThomas B. Costain
- #4The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #5The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #6The DukaysLajos Zilaby
- #7The Heat of the DayElizabeth Bowen
- #8The Fires of SpringJames A. Michener
- #9Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
- #10Mary WakefieldMazo de la Roche