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Genius

Patrick Dennis

Entered Nov 18, 1962 · peaked at #4 on Jan 20, 1963 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 24, 1963

Book Power
68.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
November 1962 – February 1963

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
Patrick Dennisprimary100%68.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 20, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1Seven Days in MayFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  2. #2Fail-SafeEugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler
  3. #3A Shade of DifferenceAllen Drury
  4. #4GeniusPatrick Dennis
  5. #5The Cape Cod LighterJohn O'Hara
  6. #6Where Love Has GoneHarold Robbins
  7. #7Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
  8. #8The Sand PebblesRichard McKenna
  9. #9$100 MisunderstandingRobert Gover
  10. #10The MoonspinnersMary Stewart
Genius — Patrick Dennis · ChartReign