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The Butterfly

James Cain

Entered Feb 16, 1947 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 16, 1947

Book Power
9.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Mar 16, 1947
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
February 1947 – March 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
James Cainprimary100%9.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 16, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  2. #2The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  3. #3The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  4. #4B.F.'s DAUGHTERJohn P. Marquand
  5. #5The Walls of JerichoPaul I. Wellman
  6. #6East RiverSholem Asch
  7. #7Pavilion of WomenPearl S. Buck
  8. #8Dulcimer StreetNorman Collins
  9. #9The Left Hand Is the DreamerNancy Wilson Ross
  10. #10Mr. AdamPat Frank

The #1 bestsellers of 1947

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