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An Act of Love

Ira Wolfert

Entered Jan 23, 1949 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 27, 1949

Book Power
11.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
2 weeks there · first Jan 23, 1949
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
January 1949 – February 1949

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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
Ira Wolfertprimary100%11.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 23, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  2. #2Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
  3. #3The Young LionsIrwin Shaw
  4. #4The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer
  5. #5Remembrance RockCarl Sandburg
  6. #6High TowersThomas B. Costain
  7. #7The Running of the TideEsther Forbes
  8. #8The Hearth and EagleAnya Seton
  9. #9I Capture the CastleDodie Smith
  10. #10Roanoke HundredInglis Clark Fletcher

The #1 bestsellers of 1949

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