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South of the Angels

Jessamyn West

Entered May 15, 1960 · peaked at #13 on May 29, 1960 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 19, 1960

Book Power
11.7
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
5
May 1960 – June 1960

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
Jessamyn Westprimary100%11.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 29, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1HawaiiJames A. Michener
  2. #2Advise and ConsentAllen Drury
  3. #3The Constant ImageMarcia Davenport
  4. #4The LeopardGuiseppe di Lampedusa
  5. #5The Lincoln LordsCameron Hawley
  6. #6Ourselves to KnowJohn O'Hara
  7. #7Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute
  8. #8CleaLawrence Durrell
  9. #9A Distant TrumpetPaul Horgan
  10. #10The AffairC.P. Snow