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Moonfleet

John Meade Falkner

Entered Sep 16, 1951 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 23, 1951

Book Power
4.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
1 week there · Sep 23, 1951
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
September 1951 – September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
John Meade Falknerprimary100%4.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 23, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2From Here to EternityJames Jones
  3. #3The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  4. #4The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  5. #5Return to ParadiseJames A. Michener
  6. #6The Iron MistressPaul I. Wellman
  7. #7Mr. SmithLouis Bromfield
  8. #8A Woman Called FancyFrank Yerby
  9. #9The High CallingJames Street
  10. #10Lucy CarmichaelMargaret Kennedy

The #1 bestsellers of 1951

1951 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1951.