Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Man Who Made Friends with Himself
Entered Jul 3, 1949 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 24, 1949
- Book Power
- 11.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #10
- 1 week there · Jul 24, 1949
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- July 1949 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Morley | primary | 100% | 11.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 24, 1949 on the timeline →- #1Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
- #2Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
- #3Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
- #4Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
- #5The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
- #6The Brave BullsTom Lea
- #7Opus 21Philip Wylie
- #8The Track of the CatWalter Van Tilburg Clark
- #9Cutlass EmpireF. Van Wyck Mason
- #10The Man Who Made Friends with HimselfChristopher Morley
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