Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mary McCarthy
Charting Apr 13, 1952 → Jun 13, 1971 · 63 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
19 crowns
19521971Longest reign 19 weeks (Oct 1963 – Feb 1964) · First crown Oct 1963
- Peak Power
- 13.28%
- week of Feb 16, 1964
- Career Power
- 615
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 19
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 568
- September 1963 – August 1964
- Peak Five Years
- 568
- August 1959 – August 1964
- Top-five weeks
- 41
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 63
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 6, 1963
- Comebacks
- 1
- Sep 1963, after 7 quiet years
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 · 615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Group | #1 | 51 | 568.4 | ||
| A Charmed Life | #9 | 10 | 38.3 | ||
| Birds of America | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Groves of Academe | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1963 in books →Mary McCarthy's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 1963 to August 1964. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Mary McCarthy568
- 2John le Carré454
- 3Morris L. West336
- 4Helen MacInnes283
- 5James Michener262
- 6John O'Hara234
- 7John Cheever172
- 8Pearl S. Buck163
- 9Ian Fleming142
- 10Erich Maria Remarque138
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.