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The Purple Plain

H.E. Bates

Entered Jan 18, 1948 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 15, 1948

Book Power
11.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Feb 1, 1948
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
January 1948 – February 1948

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
H.E. Batesprimary100%11.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 1, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1House DividedBen Ames Williams
  2. #2East Side, West SideMarcia Davenport
  3. #3Came a CavalierFrances Parkinson Keyes
  4. #4Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  5. #5The MoneymanThomas B. Costain
  6. #6The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  7. #7The Garretson ChronicleGerald Warner Brace
  8. #8Red PlushGuy McCrone
  9. #9UnconqueredNeil H. Swanson
  10. #10Nothing So StrangeJames Hilton

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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