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April Was When It Began
Entered Aug 7, 1939 · peaked at #4 on Aug 7, 1939 · 1 week on the list
- Book Power
- 9.6
- 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
- 1
- August 1939
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Benefield | primary | 100% | 9.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 7, 1939 on the timeline →- #1The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
- #2The Web and the RockThomas Wolfe
- #3Black NarcissusRumer Godden
- #4April Was When It BeganBarry Benefield
- #5The BrandonsAngela Thirkell
- #6Mr. EmmanuelLouis Golding