Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Francoise Sagan
Charting Mar 20, 1955 → Apr 17, 1960 · 61 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.82%
- week of Aug 21, 1955
- Career Power
- 587
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 12
- weeks as the top author
- 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 (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
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 |