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Lady L.
Entered Jan 25, 1959 · peaked at #6 on Feb 22, 1959 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen May 17, 1959
- Book Power
- 85.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 17
- January 1959 – May 1959
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romain Gary | primary | 100% | 85.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 22, 1959 on the timeline →- #1Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
- #2LolitaVladimir Nabokov
- #3ExodusLeon Uris
- #4From the TerraceJohn O'Hara
- #5The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
- #6Lady L.Romain Gary
- #7Around the World with Auntie MamePatrick Dennis
- #8Mrs. Arris Goes to ParisPaul Gallico
- #9Mrs. BridgeEvan Connell
- #10The Devil in Bucks CountyEdmund Schiddel