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Remembrance Rock

Carl Sandburg

Entered Oct 24, 1948 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 13, 1949

Book Power
165.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
4 weeks there · first Nov 14, 1948
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
October 1948 – March 1949

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
Carl Sandburgprimary100%165.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 14, 1948 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  2. #2The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
  3. #3Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
  4. #4Tomorrow Will Be BetterBetty Smith
  5. #5Shannon's WayA. J. Cronin
  6. #6Toward the MorningHervey Allen
  7. #7The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
  8. #8The Old Beauty and OthersWilla Cather
  9. #9The Cleft RockAlice Tisdale Hobart
  10. #10The Burnished BladeLawrence Schoonover

The #1 bestsellers of 1948

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