Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

A Long Day's Dying

Frederick Buechner

Entered Jan 29, 1950 · peaked at #10 on Feb 26, 1950 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 19, 1950

Book Power
27.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
January 1950 – March 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
Frederick Buechnerprimary100%27.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 26, 1950 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ParasitesDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2The EgyptianMika Waltari
  3. #3The King's CavalierSamuel Shellabarger
  4. #4Gentian HillElizabeth Goudge
  5. #5MarySholem Asch
  6. #6A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  7. #7The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
  8. #8One on the HouseMary Lasswell
  9. #9I, My AncestorNancy Wilson Ross
  10. #10A Long Day's DyingFrederick Buechner