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The Cape Cod Lighter

John O'Hara

Entered Dec 23, 1962 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 10, 1963

Book Power
81.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · Jan 13, 1963
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
December 1962 – March 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
John O'Haraprimary100%81.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 13, 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. #4The Cape Cod LighterJohn O'Hara
  5. #5GeniusPatrick Dennis
  6. #6Ship of FoolsKatherine Anne Porter
  7. #7The Thin Red LineJames Jones
  8. #8Dearly BelovedAnne Morrow Lindbergh
  9. #9Where Love Has GoneHarold Robbins
  10. #10The PrizeIrving Wallace

The #1 bestsellers of 1963

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