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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Barry Benefield

Entered Nov 25, 1935 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 13, 1936

Book Power
77.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
5 weeks there · first Dec 2, 1935
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
November 1935 – January 1936

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Barry Benefieldprimary100%77.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 2, 1935 on the timeline →
  1. #1It Can't Happen HereSinclair Lewis
  2. #2EuropaRobert Briffault
  3. #3Valiant Is the Word for CarrieBarry Benefield
  4. #4Edna, His WifeMary Ayer Barnes
  5. #5Silas CrockettMary Ellen Chase
  6. #6Vein of IronEllen Glasgow
  7. #7Butterfield 8John O'Hara
  8. #8The Stars Look DownA. J. Cronin

The #1 bestsellers of 1935

1935 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1935.