Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Entered Sep 14, 1952 · peaked at #3 on Oct 5, 1952 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 8, 1953

Book Power
174.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
26
September 1952 – March 1953

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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
Ernest Hemingwayprimary100%174.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 5, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  2. #2The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  3. #3The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
  4. #4The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
  5. #5MatadorBarnaby Conrad
  6. #6East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  7. #7Don Camillo and His FlockGiovannino Guareschi
  8. #8The Gown of GloryAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  9. #9The Distant ShoreJan de Hartog
  10. #10The Far CountryNevil Shute