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The Bramble Bush

Charles Mergendahl

Entered Sep 21, 1958 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 9, 1958

Book Power
20.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
3 weeks there · first Oct 12, 1958
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
September 1958 – November 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
Charles Mergendahlprimary100%20.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 12, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1LolitaVladimir Nabokov
  2. #2Around the World with Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
  3. #3Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  4. #4Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
  5. #5The Enemy CampJerome Weidman
  6. #6The King Must DieMary Renault
  7. #7The Best of EverythingRona Jaffe
  8. #8The Image MakersBernard Dryer
  9. #9Women and Thomas HarrowJohn P. Marquand
  10. #10Chez PavanRichard Llewellyn

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1958.