Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Son of a Hundred Kings
Entered Nov 12, 1950 · peaked at #2 on Dec 17, 1950 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 18, 1951
- Book Power
- 147.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 17
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 19
- November 1950 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas B. Costain | primary | 100% | 147.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 17, 1950 on the timeline →- #1The DisenchantedBudd Schulberg
- #2Son of a Hundred KingsThomas B. Costain
- #3Across the River and Into the TreesErnest Hemingway
- #4The CardinalHenry Morton Robinson
- #5The AdventurerMika Waltari
- #6Joy StreetFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #7Bennett's WelcomeInglis Fletcher
- #8The Little World of Don CamilloGiovanni Guareschi
- #9FloodtideFrank Yerby
- #10The Spanish GardenerA. J. Cronin