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Duchess Hotspur

Rosamond Marshall

Entered May 26, 1946 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 25, 1946

Book Power
79.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
3 weeks there · first Jun 16, 1946
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
May 1946 – August 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
Rosamond Marshallprimary100%79.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 16, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  2. #2The Snake PitMary Jane Ward
  3. #3Then and NowW. Somerset Maugham
  4. #4Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  5. #5The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  6. #6Duchess HotspurRosamond Marshall
  7. #7Wake of the Red WitchGarland Roark
  8. #8David the KingGladys Schmitt
  9. #9Past All DishonorJames M. Cain
  10. #10The King's GeneralDaphne Du Maurier

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

1946 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1946.