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The Dream Merchants
Entered Nov 13, 1949 · peaked at #10 on Nov 27, 1949 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 5, 1950
- Book Power
- 30.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- November 1949 – February 1950
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Robbins | primary | 100% | 30.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 27, 1949 on the timeline →- #1The EgyptianMika Waltari
- #2MarySholem Asch
- #3A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
- #4The Way WestA.B. Guthrie Jr
- #5Let Love Come LastTaylor Caldwell
- #6Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
- #7The Man with the Golden ArmNelson Algren
- #8LovingHenry Green
- #9The Passionate JourneyIrving Stone
- #10The Dream MerchantsHarold Robbins