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The Old Bank House

Angela Thirkell

Entered Aug 28, 1949 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 16, 1949

Book Power
15.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Sep 11, 1949
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
August 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
Angela Thirkellprimary100%15.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 11, 1949 on the timeline →
  1. #1Twilight on the FloodsMarguerite Steen
  2. #2A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  3. #3Let Love Come LastTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
  5. #5Point of No ReturnJohn P. Marquand
  6. #6Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
  7. #7The EgyptianMika Waltari
  8. #8Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
  9. #9The Big FishermanLloyd C. Douglas
  10. #10The MudlarkTheodore Bonnet

The #1 bestsellers of 1949

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1949.