Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 2.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #14
- 1 week there · Apr 3, 1949
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Spring | primary | 100% | 2.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 3, 1949 on the timeline →- #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #2Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
- #3Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #4High TowersThomas B. Costain
- #5Cutlass EmpireF. Van Wyck Mason
- #6The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
- #7The DukaysLajos Zilaby
- #8The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
- #9The Heat of the DayElizabeth Bowen
- #10The God-SeekerSinclair Lewis
The #1 bestsellers of 1949
1949 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1949.
- The Big Fisherman · Lloyd C. Douglas
- Point of No Return · John P. Marquand
- Twilight on the Floods · Marguerite Steen
- A Rage to Live · John O'Hara
- The Egyptian · Mika Waltari