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Matador

Barnaby Conrad

Entered Jul 13, 1952 · peaked at #3 on Aug 3, 1952 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 7, 1952

Book Power
157.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
July 1952 – December 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
Barnaby Conradprimary100%157.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 3, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  2. #2The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
  3. #3MatadorBarnaby Conrad
  4. #4My Cousin RachelDaphne Du Maurier
  5. #5The Gown of GloryAgnes Sligh Turnbull
  6. #6The Hidden FlowerPearl S. Buck
  7. #7The Cruel SeaNicholas Monsarrat
  8. #8The Saracen BladeFrank Yerby
  9. #9The Golden HandEdith Simon
  10. #10The AlexandriansCharles Mills
Matador — Barnaby Conrad · ChartReign