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Love for Lydia

H.E. Bates

Entered Feb 8, 1953 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 15, 1953

Book Power
7.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Feb 8, 1953
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
February 1953 – March 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
H.E. Batesprimary100%7.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 8, 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 SojournerMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  6. #6The Caine MutinyHerman Wouk
  7. #7DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  8. #8The Velvet DoubletJames Street
  9. #9The Wonderful CountryTom Lea
  10. #10The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway

The #1 bestsellers of 1953

1953 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1953.