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Born in Wedlock

Margaret Echard

Entered Dec 16, 1956 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 23, 1956

Book Power
3.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Dec 16, 1956
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
December 1956 – December 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
Margaret Echardprimary100%3.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 16, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  2. #2Don't Go Near the WaterWilliam Brinkley
  3. #3The Tribe That Lost Its HeadNicholas Monsarrat
  4. #4Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  5. #5CompulsionMeyer Levin
  6. #6The Last HurrahEdwin O'Connor
  7. #7King of ParisGuy Endore
  8. #8The Loving CoupleVirginia Rowans
  9. #9Jericho's DaughtersPaul Wellman
  10. #10A Certain SmileFrancoise Sagan

The #1 bestsellers of 1956

1956 in books →

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