Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Saracen Blade
Entered Apr 27, 1952 · peaked at #4 on May 18, 1952 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 21, 1952
- Book Power
- 137.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 16
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 22
- April 1952 – September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Yerby | primary | 100% | 137.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 18, 1952 on the timeline →- #1My Cousin RachelDaphne Du Maurier
- #2The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #3The Gown of GloryAgnes Sligh Turnbull
- #4The Saracen BladeFrank Yerby
- #5The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
- #6The Swimming PoolMary Roberts Rinehart
- #7Lieutenant HornblowerC. S. Forester
- #8The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
- #9Invisible ManRalph Ellison
- #10The Son of Adam WyngateMary O'Hara