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Floodtide
Entered Sep 3, 1950 · peaked at #3 on Oct 1, 1950 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 14, 1951
- Book Power
- 145.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 18
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 20
- September 1950 – January 1951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Yerby | primary | 100% | 145.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 1, 1950 on the timeline →- #1The CardinalHenry Morton Robinson
- #2Across the River and Into the TreesErnest Hemingway
- #3FloodtideFrank Yerby
- #4The Spanish GardenerA. J. Cronin
- #5World and Enough TimeRobert Penn Warren
- #6Jubilee TrailGwen Bristow
- #7The LegacyNevil Shute
- #8Owen GlenBen Ames Williams
- #9The WallJohn Hersey
- #10The Little World of Don CamilloGiovanni Guareschi