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Mother: a Cradle to Hold Me

Maya Angelou

Entered May 21, 2006 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen May 28, 2006

Book Power
13.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · May 28, 2006
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
May 2006 – May 2006

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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
Maya Angelouprimary100%13.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 28, 2006 on the timeline →
  1. #1Beach RoadJames Patterson & Peter de Jonge
  2. #2Two Little Girls in BlueMary Higgins Clark
  3. #3Mother: a Cradle to Hold MeMaya Angelou
  4. #4Digging to AmericaAnne Tyler
  5. #5I Say a Little PrayerE. Lynn Harris
  6. #6Blue Shoes & HappinessAlexander McCall Smith
  7. #7Promise MeHarlan Coben
  8. #8EverymanPhilip Roth
  9. #9The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown
  10. #10Susannah's GardenDebbie Macomber

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