Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Return to Paradise

James A. Michener

Entered May 6, 1951 · peaked at #3 on Jun 17, 1951 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 28, 1951

Book Power
222.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
26
May 1951 – October 1951

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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 A. Michenerprimary100%222.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 17, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1From Here to EternityJames Jones
  2. #2The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  3. #3Return to ParadiseJames A. Michener
  4. #4Proud New FlagsF. Van Wyck Mason
  5. #5A Woman Called FancyFrank Yerby
  6. #6FestivalJ. B. Priestley
  7. #7Joy StreetFrances Parkinson Keyes
  8. #8The FoundlingFrancis Cardinal Spellman
  9. #9God's MenPearl S. Buck
  10. #10This Is the HourLion Feuchtwanger