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Blue Camellia

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Entered Feb 3, 1957 · 37 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 13, 1957

Book Power
272.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
4 weeks there · first Apr 21, 1957
Top-ten weeks
29
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
37
February 1957 – October 1957

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
Frances Parkinson Keyesprimary100%272.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 21, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  4. #4CompulsionMeyer Levin
  5. #5The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
  6. #6The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  7. #7The FallAlbert Camus
  8. #8Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
  9. #9The Wapshot ChronicleJohn Cheever
  10. #10A LegacySybille Bedford

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