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The Thorn Tree

Nelia Gardner White

Entered May 22, 1955 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 26, 1955

Book Power
10.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
2 weeks there · first Jun 12, 1955
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
May 1955 – June 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
Nelia Gardner Whiteprimary100%10.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 12, 1955 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bonjour TristesseFrancoise Sagan
  2. #2Something of ValueRobert Ruark
  3. #3Sincerely, Willis WaydeJohn Phillips Marquand
  4. #4The Good ShepherdC. S. Forester
  5. #5No Time for SergeantsMac Hyman
  6. #6Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  7. #7Run Silent, Run DeepEdward L. Beach
  8. #8The Breaking WaveNevil Shute
  9. #9The View from Pompey's HeadHamilton Basso
  10. #10The ScotswomanInglis Clark Fletcher

The #1 bestsellers of 1955

1955 in books →

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