Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Point of No Return
Entered Mar 20, 1949 · peaked at #1 on Apr 10, 1949 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 6, 1949
- Book Power
- 400.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 22
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 32
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 34
- March 1949 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John P. Marquand | primary | 100% | 400.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 10, 1949 on the timeline →- #1Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
- #2The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #3Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #4Cutlass EmpireF. Van Wyck Mason
- #5High TowersThomas B. Costain
- #6The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #7The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #8The DukaysLajos Zilaby
- #9The ChainPaul I. Wellman
- #10The Heat of the DayElizabeth Bowen