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Desiree

Annemarie Selinko

Entered Feb 1, 1953 · peaked at #1 on Mar 8, 1953 · 54 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 14, 1954

Book Power
625.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
32
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
49
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
54
February 1953 – February 1954

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
Annemarie Selinkoprimary100%625.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 8, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  2. #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  3. #3East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  4. #4Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5The Second Happiest DayJohn Phillips
  6. #6GiantEdna Ferber
  7. #7The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  8. #8The SojournerMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  9. #9The Velvet DoubletJames Street
  10. #10To the Moment of TriumphPamela Frankau