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Steamboat Gothic

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Entered Nov 30, 1952 · peaked at #3 on Jan 4, 1953 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 26, 1953

Book Power
269.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
28
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
34
November 1952 – July 1953

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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
Frances Parkinson Keyesprimary100%269.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 4, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  2. #2East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  3. #3Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes
  4. #4GiantEdna Ferber
  5. #5The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  6. #6The Wonderful CountryTom Lea
  7. #7The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
  8. #8Don Camillo and His FlockGiovannino Guareschi
  9. #9Sironia, TexasMadison Cooper
  10. #10Queen's GiftInglis Clark Fletcher
Steamboat Gothic — Frances Parkinson Keyes · ChartReign