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Charmed Circle

Susan Ertz

Entered Jul 15, 1956 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 23, 1956

Book Power
47.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
3 weeks there · first Jul 29, 1956
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
July 1956 – September 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
Susan Ertzprimary100%47.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 29, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  2. #2A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin
  3. #3The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
  4. #4AndersonvilleMacKinlay Kantor
  5. #5A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
  6. #6Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  7. #7Imperial WomanPearl S. Buck
  8. #8Charmed CircleSusan Ertz
  9. #9The Rosemary TreeElizabeth Goudge
  10. #10Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1956.