Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Troubled Air
Entered Jun 24, 1951 · peaked at #5 on Aug 12, 1951 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 14, 1951
- Book Power
- 84.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- June 1951 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Shaw | primary | 100% | 84.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 12, 1951 on the timeline →- #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #2From Here to EternityJames Jones
- #3Return to ParadiseJames A. Michener
- #4A Woman Called FancyFrank Yerby
- #5The Troubled AirIrwin Shaw
- #6The FoundlingFrancis Cardinal Spellman
- #7The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
- #8Proud New FlagsF. Van Wyck Mason
- #9The High CallingJames Street
- #10This Is the HourLion Feuchtwanger