Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Wall

John Hersey

Entered Mar 12, 1950 · peaked at #1 on Mar 26, 1950 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 29, 1950

Book Power
351.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
5
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
32
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
34
March 1950 – October 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
John Herseyprimary100%351.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 26, 1950 on the timeline →
  1. #1The WallJohn Hersey
  2. #2The ParasitesDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3The EgyptianMika Waltari
  4. #4The King's CavalierSamuel Shellabarger
  5. #5The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
  6. #6Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
  7. #7Gentian HillElizabeth Goudge
  8. #8MarySholem Asch
  9. #9A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  10. #10One on the HouseMary Lasswell