Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Magic Lantern
Entered Dec 28, 1952 · peaked at #10 on Jan 18, 1953 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 1, 1953
- Book Power
- 19.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 8
- December 1952 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Carson | primary | 100% | 19.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 18, 1953 on the timeline →- #1The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
- #2East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
- #3Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #4GiantEdna Ferber
- #5The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
- #6The Wonderful CountryTom Lea
- #7The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
- #8Queen's GiftInglis Clark Fletcher
- #9Sironia, TexasMadison Cooper
- #10The Magic LanternRobert Carson