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The Diplomat

James Aldridge

Entered Mar 19, 1950 · peaked at #12 on Mar 19, 1950 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 2, 1950

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
March 1950 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
James Aldridgeprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 19, 1950 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ParasitesDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2The EgyptianMika Waltari
  3. #3The King's CavalierSamuel Shellabarger
  4. #4The WallJohn Hersey
  5. #5The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
  6. #6Gentian HillElizabeth Goudge
  7. #7Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
  8. #8MarySholem Asch
  9. #9A Rage to LiveJohn O'Hara
  10. #10One on the HouseMary Lasswell