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Private Enterprise

Angela Mackail Thirkell

Entered Feb 22, 1948 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 21, 1948

Book Power
7.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Feb 22, 1948
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
February 1948 – March 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
Angela Mackail Thirkellprimary100%7.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 22, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1House DividedBen Ames Williams
  2. #2Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  3. #3East Side, West SideMarcia Davenport
  4. #4Came a CavalierFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5A Light in the WindowMary Roberts Rinehart
  6. #6Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
  7. #7Other Voices, Other RoomsTruman Capote
  8. #8The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  9. #9Eagle at My EyesNorman Katkov
  10. #10UnconqueredNeil H. Swanson

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

1948 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1948.