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Lady Chatterly's Lover
Entered May 17, 1959 · peaked at #2 on Jul 12, 1959 · 27 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 15, 1959
- Book Power
- 250.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 25
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 27
- May 1959 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.H. Lawrence | primary | 100% | 250.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 12, 1959 on the timeline →- #1ExodusLeon Uris
- #2Lady Chatterly's LoverD.H. Lawrence
- #3The Ugly AmericanWilliam J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
- #4Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
- #5Dear and Glorious PhysicianTaylor Caldwell
- #6Celia GarthGwen Bristow
- #7LolitaVladimir Nabokov
- #8Nine Coaches WaitingMary Stewart
- #9California StreetNiven Busch
- #10Mrs. Arris Goes to ParisPaul Gallico