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The Mudlark

Theodore Bonnet

Entered Sep 4, 1949 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 29, 1950

Book Power
107.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
2 weeks there · first Oct 9, 1949
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
22
September 1949 – January 1950

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Theodore Bonnetprimary100%107.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 9, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  2. #2The EgyptianMika Waltari
  3. #3Let Love Come LastTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4Twilight on the FloodsMarguerite Steen
  5. #5Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
  6. #6The MudlarkTheodore Bonnet
  7. #7Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
  8. #8Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
  9. #9The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  10. #10Pride's CastleFrank Yerby

The #1 bestsellers of 1949

1949 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1949.