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The Salem Frigate

John Jennings

Entered Sep 1, 1946 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 26, 1947

Book Power
144.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
3 weeks there · first Oct 6, 1946
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
22
September 1946 – January 1947

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
John Jenningsprimary100%144.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 6, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  2. #2This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  3. #3The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
  4. #4RhubarbH. Allen Smith
  5. #5Britannia MewsMargery Sharp
  6. #6The Dark WoodChristine Weston
  7. #7All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren
  8. #8The Sudden GuestChristopher La Farge
  9. #9The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  10. #10Animal FarmGeorge Orwell

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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