Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Simone de Beauvoir
Charting Jun 10, 1956 → Nov 25, 1956 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.89%
- week of Oct 14, 1956
- Career Power
- 212
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 212
- December 1955 – November 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 212
- December 1951 – November 1956
- Top-five weeks
- 17
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jul 8, 1956
- 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
1 book · 212 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 Mandarins | #3 | 24 | 211.6 |