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Love in the Ruins

Walker Percy

Entered Jun 6, 1971 · peaked at #8 on Jul 4, 1971 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 8, 1971

Book Power
31.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
June 1971 – August 1971

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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
Walker Percyprimary100%31.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 4, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  2. #2QB VIILeon Uris
  3. #3The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  5. #5The Bell JarSylvia Plath
  6. #6PenmarricSusan Howatch
  7. #7The OtherThomas Tryon
  8. #8Love in the RuinsWalker Percy
  9. #9The DriftersJames A. Michener
  10. #10The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
Love in the Ruins — Walker Percy · ChartReign