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Boon Island
Entered Jan 22, 1956 · peaked at #5 on Feb 12, 1956 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen May 6, 1956
- Book Power
- 82.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- January 1956 – May 1956
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Roberts | primary | 100% | 82.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 12, 1956 on the timeline →- #1AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
- #2Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
- #3Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
- #4CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
- #5Boon IslandKenneth Roberts
- #6Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #7Island in the SunAlec Waugh
- #8H.M.S. UlyssesAlistair MacLean
- #9The TontineThomas B. Costain
- #10An Episode of SparrowsRumer Godden