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The Ballad and the Source

Rosamond Lehmann

Entered Apr 29, 1945 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 9, 1945

Book Power
127.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
4 weeks there · first Apr 29, 1945
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
April 1945 – September 1945

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
Rosamond Lehmannprimary100%127.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 29, 1945 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Ballad and the SourceRosamond Lehmann
  2. #2Earth and High HeavenGwenthalyn Graham
  3. #3The Green YearsA. J. Cronin
  4. #4Captain from CastilleSamuel Shellabarger
  5. #5Apartment in AthensGlenway Wescott

The #1 bestsellers of 1945

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