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The Lute Player

Norah Lofts

Entered Dec 30, 1951 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
1.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#16
1 week there · Dec 30, 1951
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
December 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
Norah Loftsprimary100%1.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 30, 1951 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  3. #3Melville Goodwin, USAJohn Marquand
  4. #4MosesSholem Asch
  5. #5The End of the AffairGraham Greene
  6. #6The President's LadyIrving Stone
  7. #7The WandererMika Waltari
  8. #8The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  9. #9The BlessingNancy Mitford
  10. #10From Here to EternityJames Jones

The #1 bestsellers of 1951

1951 in books →

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