Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Sign of Jonah
Entered Nov 12, 1950 · peaked at #13 on Nov 26, 1950 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 24, 1950
- Book Power
- 14.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- November 1950 – December 1950
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Hale | primary | 100% | 14.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 26, 1950 on the timeline →- #1Across the River and Into the TreesErnest Hemingway
- #2The CardinalHenry Morton Robinson
- #3The AdventurerMika Waltari
- #4The DisenchantedBudd Schulberg
- #5Son of a Hundred KingsThomas B. Costain
- #6FloodtideFrank Yerby
- #7The Little World of Don CamilloGiovanni Guareschi
- #8The WidowSusan Yorke
- #9Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
- #10The Spanish GardenerA. J. Cronin