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The River Road

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Entered Dec 23, 1945 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen May 19, 1946

Book Power
139.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Jan 13, 1946
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
December 1945 – May 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
Frances Parkinson Keyesprimary100%139.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 13, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  2. #2The White TowerJames Ramsey Ullman
  3. #3The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  4. #4Forever AmberKathleen Winsor
  5. #5Cass TimberlaneSinclair Lewis
  6. #6The GauntletJames H. Street
  7. #7The Peacock Sheds His TailAlice Tisdale Hobart
  8. #8So Well RememberedJames Hilton
  9. #9The World, the Flesh and Father SmithBruce Marshall
  10. #10The FountainheadAyn Rand

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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