Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The King's Cavalier

Samuel Shellabarger

Entered Jan 22, 1950 · peaked at #2 on Mar 5, 1950 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen May 28, 1950

Book Power
150.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
January 1950 – May 1950

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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
Samuel Shellabargerprimary100%150.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 5, 1950 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ParasitesDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2The King's CavalierSamuel Shellabarger
  3. #3The EgyptianMika Waltari
  4. #4Gentian HillElizabeth Goudge
  5. #5The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
  6. #6MarySholem Asch
  7. #7A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  8. #8One on the HouseMary Lasswell
  9. #9Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
  10. #10A Long Day's DyingFrederick Buechner