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Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

Entered Jan 20, 1946 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 7, 1946

Book Power
157.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
3 weeks there · first Jan 27, 1946
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
January 1946 – July 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
Evelyn Waughprimary100%157.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 27, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Black RoseThomas B. Costain
  2. #2The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh
  4. #4The White TowerJames Ramsey Ullman
  5. #5The River RoadFrances Parkinson Keyes
  6. #6Forever AmberKathleen Winsor
  7. #7Cass TimberlaneSinclair Lewis
  8. #8The Peacock Sheds His TailAlice Tisdale Hobart
  9. #9The GauntletJames H. Street
  10. #10The FountainheadAyn Rand

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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