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The Flower Drum Song

C.Y. Lee

Entered Jun 30, 1957 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 29, 1957

Book Power
16.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
3 weeks there · first Jul 28, 1957
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
June 1957 – September 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
C.Y. Leeprimary100%16.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 28, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious
  2. #2The ScapegoatDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3CompulsionMeyer Levin
  4. #4Silver SpoonEdwin Gilbert
  5. #5Blue CamelliaFrances Parkinson Keyes
  6. #6The Last Angry ManGerald Green
  7. #7Life at Happy KnollJohn P. Marquand
  8. #8The Durable FireHoward Swiggett
  9. #9The Short Reign of Pippin IVJohn Steinbeck
  10. #10The Wonderful O.James Thurber

The #1 bestsellers of 1957

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