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The Brave Bulls

Tom Lea

Entered May 8, 1949 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 9, 1949

Book Power
150.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Jun 19, 1949
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
22
May 1949 – October 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
Tom Leaprimary100%150.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 19, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
  2. #2The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  3. #3The Brave BullsTom Lea
  4. #4Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
  5. #5Dinner at Antoine'sFrances Parkinson Keyes
  6. #6KinfolkPearl S. Buck
  7. #7Prairie AvenueArthur Meeker
  8. #8Cutlass EmpireF. Van Wyck Mason
  9. #9Opus 21Philip Wylie
  10. #10Father of the BrideEdward Streeter

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