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Lydia Bailey

Kenneth Roberts

Entered Jan 19, 1947 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 3, 1947

Book Power
299.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
12 weeks there · first Feb 2, 1947
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
January 1947 – August 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
Kenneth Robertsprimary100%299.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 2, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  2. #2B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
  3. #3East RiverSholem Asch
  4. #4The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  5. #5Pavilion of WomenPearl S. Buck
  6. #6Green Grass of WyomingMary O'Hara
  7. #7Holdfast GainesOdell Shepard & Willard Shepard
  8. #8Mr. AdamPat Frank
  9. #9Thieves in the NightArthur Koestler
  10. #10Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseEric Hodgins

The #1 bestsellers of 1947

1947 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1947.