Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
East of Eden
Entered Oct 5, 1952 · peaked at #1 on Nov 2, 1952 · 39 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 26, 1953
- Book Power
- 401.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 11
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 34
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 39
- October 1952 – July 1953
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Steinbeck | primary | 100% | 401.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 2, 1952 on the timeline →- #1East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
- #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
- #3GiantEdna Ferber
- #4The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
- #5The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #6The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
- #7Don Camillo and His FlockGiovannino Guareschi
- #8MatadorBarnaby Conrad
- #9The Gown of GloryAgnes Sligh Turnbull
- #10The Far CountryNevil Shute