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East River

Sholem Asch

Entered Nov 10, 1946 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen May 25, 1947

Book Power
258.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
1 week there · Nov 24, 1946
Top-ten weeks
27
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
28
November 1946 – May 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
Sholem Aschprimary100%258.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 24, 1946 on the timeline →
  1. #1East RiverSholem Asch
  2. #2The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  3. #3This Side of InnocenceTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4The HuckstersFrederic Wakeman
  5. #5The Fall of ValorCharles Jackson
  6. #6B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
  7. #7Thieves in the NightArthur Koestler
  8. #8Mr. AdamPat Frank
  9. #9The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings
  10. #10The Sudden GuestChristopher La Farge

The #1 bestsellers of 1946

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