Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elephant Walk
Entered Jul 31, 1949 · peaked at #8 on Aug 7, 1949 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 11, 1949
- Book Power
- 30.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Standish | primary | 100% | 30.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 7, 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
- #7The Track of the CatWalter Van Tilburg Clark
- #8Elephant WalkRobert Standish
- #9Opus 21Philip Wylie
- #10Tomorrow We ReapJames Street & James Childers