8 9 , ▁Governor ▁of ▁J ama ica ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁Governor ▁of ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁and ▁Governor ▁of ▁C ey lon ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁The ▁Governor ▁( The ▁Walk ing ▁Dead ), ▁fict ional ▁given ▁name ▁Brian ▁Bla ke <0x0A> </s> ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁books ▁that ▁to pped ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Best ▁S eller ▁list ▁in ▁the ▁adult ▁fiction ▁category ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁ ▁Only ▁four ▁nov els ▁to pped ▁the ▁list ▁that ▁year , ▁which ▁was ▁domin ated ▁by ▁ ▁John ▁P . ▁Mar qu and ' s ▁Point ▁of ▁No ▁Return ▁which ▁spent ▁ 2 2 ▁straight ▁weeks ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁list ▁though ▁it ▁only ▁last ed ▁ 3 4 ▁weeks ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 5 ▁overall . ▁Mar qu and ' s ▁book ▁is ▁notable ▁for ▁its ▁l am po oning ▁of ▁ ▁W . ▁Lloyd ▁Warner , ▁an ▁anth rop ologist ▁with ▁whom ▁Mar qu and ▁had ▁a ▁personal ▁grud ge . ▁Point ▁of ▁No ▁Return ▁was ▁to pp led ▁by ▁John ▁O ' H ara ' s ▁R age ▁To ▁Live , ▁which ▁spent ▁ 6 ▁weeks ▁at ▁the ▁top . ▁That ▁book ▁stayed ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁five ▁for ▁another ▁ 2 0 ▁weeks ▁but ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁was ▁domin