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Tis Folly to Be Wise

Lion Feuchtwanger

Entered Jun 7, 1953 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
1.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#16
1 week there · Jun 7, 1953
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
June 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
Lion Feuchtwangerprimary100%1.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 7, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireeAnnemarie Selinko
  2. #2The Silver ChaliceThomas B. Costain
  3. #3Golden AdmiralFrancis Van Wyck Mason
  4. #4Battle CryLeon Uris
  5. #5KISS Me Again, StrangerDaphne Du Maurier
  6. #6The Echoing GroveRosamond Lehmann
  7. #7The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  8. #8Hotel TallyrandPaul Hyde Bonner
  9. #9Prince BartJay Richard Kennedy
  10. #10Steamboat GothicFrances Parkinson Keyes

The #1 bestsellers of 1953

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