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The Happy Prisoner

Monica Dickens

Entered Sep 7, 1947 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 28, 1947

Book Power
5.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Sep 28, 1947
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
September 1947 – September 1947

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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
Monica Dickensprimary100%5.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1947 on the timeline →
  1. #1The MoneymanThomas B. Costain
  2. #2Prince of FoxesSamuel Shellabarger
  3. #3Gentleman's AgreementLaura Z. Hobson
  4. #4House DividedBen Ames Williams
  5. #5Kingsblood RoyalSinclair Lewis
  6. #6Dirty EddieLudwig Bemelmans
  7. #7Knock on Any DoorWillard Motley
  8. #8The VixensFrank Yerby
  9. #9The Harder They FallBudd Schulberg
  10. #10The Miracle of the BellsRussell Janney

The #1 bestsellers of 1947

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