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We Fished All Night

Willard Motley

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

Book Power
37.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
4 weeks there · first Jan 13, 1952
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
December 1951 – February 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Willard Motleyprimary100%37.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 13, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  3. #3Melville Goodwin, USAJohn Marquand
  4. #4The President's LadyIrving Stone
  5. #5MosesSholem Asch
  6. #6The End of the AffairGraham Greene
  7. #7The WandererMika Waltari
  8. #8The Iron MistressPaul I. Wellman
  9. #9We Fished All NightWillard Motley
  10. #10The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger

The #1 bestsellers of 1952

1952 in books →

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