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The Capri Letters

Mario Soldati

Entered Mar 4, 1956 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 1, 1956

Book Power
10.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
2 weeks there · first Mar 11, 1956
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
March 1956 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Mario Soldatiprimary100%10.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 11, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
  2. #2Ten North FrederickJohn O'Hara
  3. #3The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  4. #4Marjorie MorningstarHerman Wouk
  5. #5Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  6. #6CASH McCALLCameron Hawley
  7. #7Island in the SunAlec Waugh
  8. #8Boon IslandKenneth Roberts
  9. #9H.M.S. UlyssesAlistair MacLean
  10. #10Aspects of LoveDavid Garnett

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

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