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The Swimming Pool

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Entered Feb 10, 1952 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 27, 1952

Book Power
128.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
5 weeks there · first Mar 30, 1952
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
February 1952 – July 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
Mary Roberts Rinehartprimary100%128.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 30, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1My Cousin RachelDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  3. #3The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  4. #4Spark of LifeErich Maria Remarque
  5. #5The Swimming PoolMary Roberts Rinehart
  6. #6The End of the AffairGraham Greene
  7. #7The President's LadyIrving Stone
  8. #8Jefferson SelleckCarl Jonas
  9. #9Let It Come DownPaul Bowles
  10. #10From Here to EternityJames Jones

The #1 bestsellers of 1952

1952 in books →

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