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The Chequer Board

Nevil Shute

Entered Apr 20, 1947 · peaked at #6 on Apr 27, 1947 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 27, 1947

Book Power
68.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
April 1947 – July 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
Nevil Shuteprimary100%68.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 27, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
  2. #2The Wayward BusJohn Steinbeck
  3. #3Lydia BaileyKenneth Roberts
  4. #4The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney
  5. #5Mrs. MikeBenedict Freedman & Nancy Freedman
  6. #6The Chequer BoardNevil Shute
  7. #7The Walls of JerichoPaul I. Wellman
  8. #8Dulcimer StreetNorman Collins
  9. #9The Left Hand Is the DreamerNancy Wilson Ross
  10. #10East RiverSholem Asch