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The 13 Clocks

James Thurber

Entered Dec 24, 1950 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 18, 1951

Book Power
23.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
2 weeks there · first Jan 14, 1951
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
December 1950 – February 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
James Thurberprimary100%23.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 14, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1Joy StreetFrances Parkinson Keyes
  2. #2The DisenchantedBudd Schulberg
  3. #3Son of a Hundred KingsThomas B. Costain
  4. #4The CardinalHenry Morton Robinson
  5. #5The AdventurerMika Waltari
  6. #6Across the River and Into the TreesErnest Hemingway
  7. #7The Little World of Don CamilloGiovanni Guareschi
  8. #8Bennett's WelcomeInglis Fletcher
  9. #9The 13 ClocksJames Thurber
  10. #10Pathway to the StarsHarnett T. Kane

The #1 bestsellers of 1951

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1951.