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The Jolly Christmas Postman

Janet Ahlberg & Allan Ahlberg

Entered Dec 22, 1991 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 19, 1992

Book Power
30.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
1 week there · Dec 22, 1991
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
December 1991 – January 1992

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
Janet Ahlbergprimary50%15.0
Allan Ahlbergprimary50%15.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 22, 1991 on the timeline →
  1. #1ScarlettAlexandra Ripley
  2. #2No Greater LoveDanielle Steel
  3. #3Needful ThingsStephen King
  4. #4The Sum of All FearsTom Clancy
  5. #5The Jolly Christmas PostmanJanet Ahlberg & Allan Ahlberg
  6. #6Night Over WaterKen Follett
  7. #7The Doomsday ConspiracySidney Sheldon
  8. #8The Polar ExpressChris Van Allsburg
  9. #9WLTGarrison Keillor
  10. #10ComebackDick Francis

The #1 bestsellers of 1991

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