Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mary McCarthy
Charting Apr 13, 1952 → Jun 13, 1971 · 63 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.28%
- week of Feb 16, 1964
- Career Power
- 615
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 19
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- September 1963
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 22, 1956 | Sep 15, 1963 | 383 | 382 | 2.59% | 1.38% |
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 · 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 |