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Ada, or Ardor: a Family Chronicle

Vladimir Nabokov

Entered May 25, 1969 · peaked at #4 on Jun 1, 1969 · 20 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 5, 1969

Book Power
159.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
20
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
20
May 1969 – October 1969

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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
Vladimir Nabokovprimary100%159.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 1, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
  2. #2The GodfatherMario Puzo
  3. #3The Love MachineJacqueline Susann
  4. #4Ada, or Ardor: a Family ChronicleVladimir Nabokov
  5. #5Slaughterhouse FiveKurt Vonnegut
  6. #6The Salzburg ConnectionHelen MacInnes
  7. #7Except for Me and TheeJessamyn West
  8. #8The Vines of YarrabeeDorothy Eden
  9. #9AirportArthur Hailey
  10. #10Bullet ParkJohn Cheever
Ada, or Ardor: a Family Chronicle — Vladimir Nabokov · ChartReign