Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Foolish Gentlewoman

Margery Sharp

Entered Jun 20, 1948 · peaked at #5 on Jul 11, 1948 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 29, 1948

Book Power
55.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
June 1948 – August 1948

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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
Margery Sharpprimary100%55.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 11, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2The Golden HawkFrank Yerby
  3. #3Pilgrim's InnElizabeth Goudge
  4. #4PeonyPearl S. Buck
  5. #5The Foolish GentlewomanMargery Sharp
  6. #6Raintree CountyRoss Lockridge
  7. #7MelissaTaylor Caldwell
  8. #8The World Is Not EnoughZoe Oldenbourg
  9. #9Parris Mitchell of Kings RowHenry Bellamann
  10. #10Bright FeatherRobert Wilder
The Foolish Gentlewoman — Margery Sharp · ChartReign