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The Adventures of Wesley Jackson

William Saroyan

Entered Jul 7, 1946 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 14, 1946

Book Power
7.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
1 week there · Jul 14, 1946
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
July 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
William Saroyanprimary100%7.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 14, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  2. #2This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  3. #3Then and NowW. Somerset Maugham
  4. #4The Snake PitMary Jane Ward
  5. #5A World to WinUpton Sinclair
  6. #6Duchess HotspurRosamond Marshall
  7. #7Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque
  8. #8SpoonhandleRuth Moore
  9. #9Past All DishonorJames M. Cain
  10. #10The Adventures of Wesley JacksonWilliam Saroyan

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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