Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Holy Sinner

Thomas Mann

Entered Sep 30, 1951 · peaked at #6 on Oct 7, 1951 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 23, 1951

Book Power
46.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
September 1951 – December 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
Thomas Mannprimary100%46.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 7, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  3. #3From Here to EternityJames Jones
  4. #4The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  5. #5The Iron MistressPaul I. Wellman
  6. #6The Holy SinnerThomas Mann
  7. #7Lie Down in DarknessWilliam Styron
  8. #8Return to ParadiseJames A. Michener
  9. #9Mr. SmithLouis Bromfield
  10. #10The Road to BithyniaFrank G. Slaughter