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New Orleans Woman

Harnett Thomas Kane

Entered Dec 29, 1946 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 23, 1947

Book Power
15.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Jan 19, 1947
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
December 1946 – February 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
Harnett Thomas Kaneprimary100%15.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 19, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
  2. #2East RiverSholem Asch
  3. #3The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  4. #4Pavilion of WomenPearl S. Buck
  5. #5Green Grass of WyomingMary O'Hara
  6. #6Holdfast GainesOdell Shepard & Willard Shepard
  7. #7Thieves in the NightArthur Koestler
  8. #8Mr. AdamPat Frank
  9. #9Mister RobertsThomas Heggen
  10. #10The Salem FrigateJohn Jennings

The #1 bestsellers of 1947

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