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Foundation Stone

Lella Warren

Entered Sep 23, 1940 · peaked at #2 on Oct 28, 1940 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 25, 1940

Book Power
98.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
September 1940 – November 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
Lella Warrenprimary100%98.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 28, 1940 on the timeline →
  1. #1For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway
  2. #2Foundation StoneLella Warren
  3. #3Mrs. MiniverJan Struther
  4. #4You Can't Go Home AgainThomas Wolfe
  5. #5The FamilyNina Fedorova
  6. #6The Stone of ChastityMargery Sharp