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Melville Goodwin, USA

John Marquand

Entered Oct 21, 1951 · peaked at #3 on Oct 28, 1951 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 23, 1952

Book Power
218.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
October 1951 – March 1952

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 Marquandprimary100%218.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 28, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  3. #3Melville Goodwin, USAJohn Marquand
  4. #4From Here to EternityJames Jones
  5. #5The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  6. #6The Iron MistressPaul I. Wellman
  7. #7The President's LadyIrving Stone
  8. #8MosesSholem Asch
  9. #9The BlessingNancy Mitford
  10. #10Requiem for a NunWilliam Faulkner