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Scent of Cloves

Norah Lofts

Entered Dec 8, 1957 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 16, 1958

Book Power
10.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#13
1 week there · Dec 29, 1957
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
December 1957 – February 1958

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
Norah Loftsprimary100%10.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 29, 1957 on the timeline →
  1. #1By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens
  2. #2Rally Round the Flag Boys!Max Shulman
  3. #3Below the SaltThomas B. Costain
  4. #4Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  5. #5On the BeachNevil Shute
  6. #6The Edge of DarknessMary Ellen Chase
  7. #7The Sound of ThunderTaylor Caldwell
  8. #8Remember Me to GodMyron S. Kaufmann
  9. #9The World of Suzie WongRichard Mason
  10. #10Last TalesIsak Dinesen

The #1 bestsellers of 1957

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