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The Wapshot Chronicle

John Cheever

Entered Apr 14, 1957 · peaked at #8 on May 12, 1957 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 7, 1957

Book Power
45.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
April 1957 – July 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
John Cheeverprimary100%45.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 12, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  3. #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
  4. #4Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  5. #5The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  6. #6The PhiladelphianRichard Powell
  7. #7The Short Reign of Pippin IVJohn Steinbeck
  8. #8The Wapshot ChronicleJohn Cheever
  9. #9Say, DarlingRichard Bissell
  10. #10The Towers of TrebizondRose Macaulay