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Bright Feather

Robert Wilder

Entered Jun 13, 1948 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 29, 1948

Book Power
41.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · Jun 20, 1948
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
June 1948 – August 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
Robert Wilderprimary100%41.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 20, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  3. #3The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  4. #4Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  5. #5PeonyPearl S. Buck
  6. #6Parris Mitchell of Kings RowHenry Bellamann
  7. #7Bright FeatherRobert Wilder
  8. #8Eagle in the SkyF. Van Wyck Mason
  9. #9The Ides of MarchThornton Wilder
  10. #10The Bishop's MantleAgnes Sligh Turnbull

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

1948 in books →

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