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In Bed We Cry

Ilka Chase

Entered Nov 22, 1943 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 20, 1944

Book Power
109.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Dec 19, 1943
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
November 1943 – February 1944

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
Ilka Chaseprimary100%109.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 19, 1943 on the timeline →
  1. #1A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith
  2. #2So Little TimeJohn P. Marquand
  3. #3In Bed We CryIlka Chase
  4. #4The ApostleSholem Asch
  5. #5The RobeLloyd C. Douglas

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