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The Moon and the Thorn

B.J. Chute

Entered Oct 29, 1961 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#14
1 week there · Oct 29, 1961
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
October 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
B.J. Chuteprimary100%2.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 29, 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. #6The Edge of SadnessEdwin O'Connor
  7. #7Clock Without HandsCarson McCullers
  8. #8The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck
  9. #9Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
  10. #10The Incredible JourneySheila Burnford

The #1 bestsellers of 1961

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