Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Opus 21
Entered Jun 5, 1949 · peaked at #7 on Jul 17, 1949 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 18, 1949
- Book Power
- 66.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- June 1949 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Wylie | primary | 100% | 66.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 17, 1949 on the timeline →- #1Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
- #2The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #3Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
- #4Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
- #5The Brave BullsTom Lea
- #6Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
- #7Opus 21Philip Wylie
- #8The Track of the CatWalter Van Tilburg Clark
- #9Prairie AvenueArthur Meeker
- #10KinfolkPearl S. Buck