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Grandmother and the Priests

Taylor Caldwell

Entered Mar 31, 1963 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 8, 1963

Book Power
183.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Jun 16, 1963
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
March 1963 – September 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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%183.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 16, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Glass BlowersDaphne Du Maurier
  2. #2Seven Days in MayFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
  3. #3Grandmother and the PriestsTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4Raise High the Roof Beam, CarpentersJ.D. Salinger
  5. #5The Shoes of the FishermanMorris L. West
  6. #6The Sand PebblesRichard McKenna
  7. #7Elizabeth AppletonJohn O'Hara
  8. #8The Bedford IncidentMark Rascovich
  9. #9The MoonspinnersMary Stewart
  10. #10The Moonflower VineJetta Carleton

The #1 bestsellers of 1963

1963 in books

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1963.