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Away All Boats

Kenneth Dodson

Entered Mar 21, 1954 · 30 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 31, 1954

Book Power
179.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
2 weeks there · first Apr 18, 1954
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
30
March 1954 – October 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
Kenneth Dodsonprimary100%179.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 18, 1954 on the timeline →
  1. #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
  2. #2SayonaraJames A. Michener
  3. #3Away All BoatsKenneth Dodson
  4. #4Bless This HouseNorah Lofts
  5. #5Lord VanitySamuel Shellabarger
  6. #6The Night of the HunterDavis Grubb
  7. #7The High and the MightyErnest K. Gann
  8. #8Tomorrow!Philip Wylie
  9. #9Rainbow on the RoadEsther Forbes
  10. #10The FemalePaul Wellman

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