Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Wonderful Country

Tom Lea

Entered Nov 30, 1952 · peaked at #6 on Dec 28, 1952 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 15, 1953

Book Power
84.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
November 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
Tom Leaprimary100%84.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 28, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  2. #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  3. #3GiantEdna Ferber
  4. #4Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  6. #6The Wonderful CountryTom Lea
  7. #7The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
  8. #8Sironia, TexasMadison Cooper
  9. #9Don Camillo and His FlockGiovannino Guareschi
  10. #10Queen's GiftInglis Clark Fletcher