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The White Rajah

Nicholas Monsarrat

Entered Oct 22, 1961 · peaked at #9 on Nov 5, 1961 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 10, 1961

Book Power
26.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
October 1961 – December 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
Nicholas Monsarratprimary100%26.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 5, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger
  2. #2The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
  3. #3To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  4. #4The CarpetbaggersHarold Robbins
  5. #5Mila 18Leon Uris
  6. #6Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
  7. #7The Edge of SadnessEdwin O'Connor
  8. #8Clock Without HandsCarson McCullers
  9. #9The White RajahNicholas Monsarrat
  10. #10The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck