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Jonathan Blair

William Donohue Ellis

Entered Dec 12, 1954 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 23, 1955

Book Power
8.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Jan 23, 1955
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
December 1954 – January 1955

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
William Donohue Ellisprimary100%8.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 23, 1955 on the timeline →
  1. #1The View from Pompey's HeadHamilton Basso
  2. #2Love Is EternalIrving Stone
  3. #3No Time for SergeantsMac Hyman
  4. #4KatherineAnya Seton
  5. #5Soldier of FortuneErnest Kellogg Gann
  6. #6My Brother's KeeperMarcia Davenport
  7. #7Good Morning, Miss DoveFrances Gray Patton
  8. #8Hadrian's MemoirsMarguerite Yourcenar
  9. #9Benton's RowFrank Yerby
  10. #10TrialDon M. Mankiewicz

The #1 bestsellers of 1955

1955 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1955.