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When the Whippoorwill

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Entered May 13, 1940 · peaked at #6 on May 13, 1940 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen May 20, 1940

Book Power
14.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
May 1940 – May 1940

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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
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlingsprimary100%14.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 13, 1940 on the timeline →
  1. #1How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
  2. #2King's RowHenry Bellamann
  3. #3Mrs. SkeffingtonElizabeth von Arnim
  4. #4Chad HannaWalter D. Edmonds
  5. #5Native SonRichard Wright
  6. #6When the WhippoorwillMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings