Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Cardinal
Entered Apr 9, 1950 · peaked at #1 on Apr 30, 1950 · 56 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 29, 1951
- Book Power
- 631.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 24
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 51
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 56
- April 1950 – April 1951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Morton Robinson | primary | 100% | 632.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 30, 1950 on the timeline →- #1The CardinalHenry Morton Robinson
- #2The WallJohn Hersey
- #3The EgyptianMika Waltari
- #4Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
- #5The FeastMargaret Kennedy
- #6The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
- #7The ParasitesDaphne Du Maurier
- #8The King's CavalierSamuel Shellabarger
- #9Wait for TomorrowRobert Wilder
- #10Star MoneyKathleen Winsor