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Don't Tell Alfred

Nancy Mitford

Entered Apr 16, 1961 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 16, 1961

Book Power
54.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
1 week there · Jun 11, 1961
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
April 1961 – July 1961

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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
Nancy Mitfordprimary100%54.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 11, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  2. #2To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  3. #3The Last of the JustAndre Schwarz-Bart
  4. #4A Burnt-Out CaseGraham Greene
  5. #5China CourtRumer Godden
  6. #6Don't Tell AlfredNancy Mitford
  7. #7HawaiiJames A. Michener
  8. #8The ChateauWilliam Maxwell
  9. #9Winnie Ille PuA. A. Milne
  10. #10MidcenturyJohn Dos Passos

The #1 bestsellers of 1961

1961 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1961.