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Lawrence Durrell

Entered Apr 19, 1959 · peaked at #11 on May 10, 1959 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen May 10, 1959

Book Power
10.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Lawrence Durrellprimary100%10.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 10, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
  2. #2ExodusLeon Uris
  3. #3The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
  4. #4Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
  5. #5LolitaVladimir Nabokov
  6. #6Mrs. Arris Goes to ParisPaul Gallico
  7. #7From the TerraceJohn O'Hara
  8. #8The Watch That Ends the NightHugh MacLennan
  9. #9Nine Coaches WaitingMary Stewart
  10. #10The Devil in Bucks CountyEdmund Schiddel