Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Rainbow on the Road
Entered Feb 21, 1954 · peaked at #6 on Mar 7, 1954 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen May 2, 1954
- Book Power
- 51.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- February 1954 – May 1954
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Forbes | primary | 100% | 51.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 7, 1954 on the timeline →- #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
- #2Lord VanitySamuel Shellabarger
- #3SayonaraJames A. Michener
- #4The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
- #5Tomorrow!Philip Wylie
- #6Rainbow on the RoadEsther Forbes
- #7Beyond This PlaceA. J. Cronin
- #8Battle CryLeon Uris
- #9Cress DelahantyJessamyn West
- #10The Lady of ArlingtonHarnett T. Kane