Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Man with the Golden Arm
Entered Oct 2, 1949 · peaked at #7 on Oct 23, 1949 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen May 14, 1950
- Book Power
- 94.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 23
- October 1949 – May 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Algren | primary | 100% | 94.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 23, 1949 on the timeline →- #1A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
- #2The EgyptianMika Waltari
- #3Let Love Come LastTaylor Caldwell
- #4Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
- #5Twilight on the FloodsMarguerite Steen
- #6The MudlarkTheodore Bonnet
- #7The Man with the Golden ArmNelson Algren
- #8Call It TreasonGeorge Howe
- #9MarySholem Asch
- #10Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand