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Pilgrim's Inn

Elizabeth Goudge

Entered Apr 25, 1948 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 3, 1948

Book Power
234.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
4 weeks there · first May 9, 1948
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
April 1948 – October 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
Elizabeth Goudgeprimary100%234.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 9, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  2. #2The Ides of MarchThornton Wilder
  3. #3Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  4. #4Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
  5. #5House DividedBen Ames Williams
  6. #6The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  7. #7The Time Is NoonHiram Haydn
  8. #8The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  9. #9FireGeorge R. Stewart
  10. #10Parris Mitchell of Kings RowHenry Bellamann

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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