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The Track of the Cat

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Entered Jun 26, 1949 · peaked at #7 on Jul 31, 1949 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 21, 1949

Book Power
42.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
June 1949 – August 1949

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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
Walter Van Tilburg Clarkprimary100%42.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 31, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
  2. #2Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
  3. #3Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
  4. #4The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  5. #5Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
  6. #6The Brave BullsTom Lea
  7. #7The Track of the CatWalter Van Tilburg Clark
  8. #8Opus 21Philip Wylie
  9. #9Cutlass EmpireF. Van Wyck Mason
  10. #10Elephant WalkRobert Standish