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Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

Entered Nov 9, 1952 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 28, 1952

Book Power
6.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Nov 9, 1952
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
November 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
E.B. Whiteprimary100%6.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 9, 1952 on the timeline →
  1. #1East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  2. #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  3. #3GiantEdna Ferber
  4. #4The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  5. #5The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
  6. #6The Houses in BetweenHoward Spring
  7. #7MatadorBarnaby Conrad
  8. #8Don Camillo and His FlockGiovannino Guareschi
  9. #9Prisoner of GraceJoyce Cary
  10. #10Men at ArmsEvelyn Waugh

The #1 bestsellers of 1952

1952 in books →

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