Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Catcher in the Rye
Entered Jul 29, 1951 · peaked at #4 on Aug 19, 1951 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 2, 1952
- Book Power
- 190.7
- 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
- 29
- July 1951 – March 1952
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Salinger | primary | 100% | 190.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 19, 1951 on the timeline →- #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #2From Here to EternityJames Jones
- #3Return to ParadiseJames A. Michener
- #4The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
- #5A Woman Called FancyFrank Yerby
- #6The Troubled AirIrwin Shaw
- #7The Iron MistressPaul I. Wellman
- #8Proud New FlagsF. Van Wyck Mason
- #9The FoundlingFrancis Cardinal Spellman
- #10This Is the HourLion Feuchtwanger