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Stars on the Sea

F. Van Wyck Mason

Entered Jun 10, 1940 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 23, 1940

Book Power
206.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
10 weeks there · first Jun 10, 1940
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
June 1940 – September 1940

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
F. Van Wyck Masonprimary100%206.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 10, 1940 on the timeline →
  1. #1Stars on the SeaF. Van Wyck Mason
  2. #2How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
  3. #3Night in BombayLouis Bromfield
  4. #4King's RowHenry Bellamann
  5. #5Mrs. SkeffingtonElizabeth von Arnim
  6. #6The Bird in the TreeElizabeth Goudge

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