Who is winning the presidential campaign book primary?
A number of 2016 candidates have released books over the last year, with varying levels of success. So far, none of the Republican candidates have matched former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton’s memoir, but it came out in mid-2014 so it’s been on the market the longest.
Here’s how the most recent books by 2016 presidential candidates stack up, based on release-to-date sales figures from Nielsen BookScan:
1. Hillary Clinton, Hard Choices
Release date: June 10, 2014
RTD sales: 280,000
2. Mike Huckabee, God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
Release date: January 20, 2015
RTD sales: 66,000
3. Ben Carson, You Have a Brain: A Teen’s Guide To T.H.I.N.K.B.I.G.
Release date: February 3, 2015
RTD sales: 23,000
4. Ted Cruz, A Time For Truth
Released date: June 30, 2015
RTD sales: 12,000
5. Rand Paul, Taking a Stand
Release date: May 26, 2015
RTD sales: 9,000
6. Marco Rubio, American Dreams
Release date: January 13, 2015
RTD sales: 8,000
7. Rick Santorum, Bella’s Gift
Release date: February 17, 2015
RTD sales: 6,000
8. Carly Fiorina, Rising to the Challenge
Release date: May 5, 2015
RTD sales: 3,000
See the Covers of the 2016 Presidential Hopefuls’ Memoirs
