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Beyond the Black Stump

Nevil Shute

Entered Sep 9, 1956 · peaked at #10 on Oct 14, 1956 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 21, 1956

Book Power
14.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
September 1956 – October 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
Nevil Shuteprimary100%14.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 14, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
  2. #2A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan
  3. #3The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  4. #4The MandarinsSimone de Beauvoir
  5. #5Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  6. #6Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  7. #7A Single PebbleJohn Hersey
  8. #8A Thing of BeautyA. J. Cronin
  9. #9TolbeckenSamuel Shellabarger
  10. #10Beyond the Black StumpNevil Shute