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Caroline Hicks

Walter Karig

Entered Apr 8, 1951 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Apr 8, 1951
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Walter Karigprimary100%2.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 8, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1From Here to EternityJames Jones
  2. #2Joy StreetFrances Parkinson Keyes
  3. #3The DisenchantedBudd Schulberg
  4. #4Morning JourneyJames Hilton
  5. #5The Age of LongingArthur Koestler
  6. #6The Balance WheelTaylor Caldwell
  7. #7The DisappearancePhilip Wylie
  8. #8New York 22Ilka Chase
  9. #9Round the BendNevil Shute
  10. #10River of the SunJames Ramsey Ullman

The #1 bestsellers of 1951

1951 in books →

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