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Wait for the Wagon

Mary Lasswell

Entered Dec 9, 1951 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 10, 1952

Book Power
33.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
2 weeks there · first Feb 3, 1952
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
December 1951 – February 1952

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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
Mary Lasswellprimary100%33.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 3, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  3. #3Melville Goodwin, USAJohn Marquand
  4. #4The End of the AffairGraham Greene
  5. #5The President's LadyIrving Stone
  6. #6MosesSholem Asch
  7. #7The WandererMika Waltari
  8. #8From Here to EternityJames Jones
  9. #9We Fished All NightWillard Motley
  10. #10Wait for the WagonMary Lasswell

The #1 bestsellers of 1952

1952 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1952.