Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Francoise Sagan
Charting Mar 20, 1955 → Apr 17, 1960 · 61 weeks with chart power
Honours
- Author of the Year
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
12 crowns
19551960Longest reign 6 weeks (May–Jun 1955) · First crown May 1955
- Peak Power
- 12.82%
- week of Aug 21, 1955
- Career Power
- 587
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 12
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 411
- December 1954 – December 1955
- Peak Five Years
- 584
- December 1952 – December 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 41
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 61
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of May 22, 1955
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 587 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonjour Tristesse | #1 | 38 | 411.2 | ||
| A Certain Smile | #2 | 19 | 165.7 | ||
| Those Without Shadows | #12 | 3 | 7.4 | ||
| Aimez-Vous Brahms | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1954 in books →Francoise Sagan's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1954 to December 1955. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Francoise Sagan411
- 2Mac Hyman396
- 3Patrick Dennis369
- 4Hamilton Basso338
- 5Robert Ruark334
- 6John Phillips Marquand256
- 7Irving Stone240
- 8Sloan Wilson187
- 9Herman Wouk180
- 10Anya Seton167
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.