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Most Secret

Nevil Shute

Entered Nov 18, 1945 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 13, 1946

Book Power
20.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Dec 30, 1945
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
November 1945 – January 1946

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
Nevil Shuteprimary100%20.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 30, 1945 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  2. #2The White TowerJames Ramsey Ullman
  3. #3Cass TimberlaneSinclair Lewis
  4. #4Forever AmberKathleen Winsor
  5. #5The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  6. #6The Peacock Sheds His TailAlice Tisdale Hobart
  7. #7The GauntletJames H. Street
  8. #8The FountainheadAyn Rand
  9. #9Most SecretNevil Shute
  10. #10So Well RememberedJames Hilton

The #1 bestsellers of 1945

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