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Caroline Cherie

Cecil St. Laurent

Entered May 25, 1952 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · May 25, 1952
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
May 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
Cecil St. Laurentprimary100%2.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 25, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2My Cousin RachelDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3The Gown of GloryAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  4. #4The Saracen BladeFrank Yerby
  5. #5The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  6. #6The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
  7. #7S P Q RPaul Hyde Bonner
  8. #8The Swimming PoolMary Roberts Rinehart
  9. #9The Son of Adam WyngateMary O'Hara
  10. #10The Golden HandEdith Simon

The #1 bestsellers of 1952

1952 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1952.