New York Times nonfiction bestsellers on the candidates.
No. 2 - The Obama Nation - “The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist.”
No. 5 - The Case Againts Barack Obama - “The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist.”
No. 9 - Faith of my Fathers - “A family memoir of the Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential Candidate.”
No, 13 - Sarah - You know who …
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I suppose biographers can always hope for a high-profile event to throw their subject in the limelight again so that their books get reprinted and have new life rather than being returned to the publisher as overstock (I’m talking most specifically about the final title on this list).
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
These have dropped since last week on the hardback list. Obama Nation is now #7 and the Case Against is #10 (both with the symbol the Times uses to indicate large bulk orders — someone is buying a lot to give away, or to boost numbers.)
In nonfiction paperback, Sarah is #3 but the Audacity of Hope is #6 after 38 weeks on the list, Change We Can Believe In is #8 and Dreams of My Father is # 10.
I think the anti-Obama polemics are a test of whether/how his campaign will fight back against the slander. My belief is that Kerry lost votes over the swift-boat issue not because people believed them, but because he didn’t respond strongly enough.
Whether pro or con, the public is hungry to know about Obama. They already know McCain for better or worse. The books will be part of it, along with the debates and the campaigns.