It’s safe to say that not many had Kamala Harris topping the best-seller list with her memoir in 2025 on their prediction sheets, yet here we are, witnessing a surprising turn of events.
In a recent tweet, Carlos Lozada from The New York Times shared news of Harris’s memoir, *107 DAYS*, achieving impressive sales, with 350,000 copies flying off the shelves within its first week. Simon & Schuster has boldly declared that this puts Harris’s memoir on the path to becoming the best-selling memoir of the year.
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In July, Politico reported disappointing sales for books authored by Donald Trump and his allies:
A notable example is *2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,* which managed to sell a mere 6,000 hardcover copies in its opening week, according to recent stats from NPD BookScan. Astonishingly, despite the low figures, it secured the fourth spot on the New York Times bestseller list. (The criteria for this list remain somewhat of a mystery.)
This lackluster performance isn’t an isolated incident for former President Trump. Other titles, such as *Trump in Exile* by Wall Street Journal’s Meridith McGraw, achieved around 2,000 copies sold since its release last August. Likewise, Axios’ Alex Isenstadt’s *Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power* has seen around 3,000 sales to date. Interestingly, both authors chose to remain silent regarding these outcomes.
In a parallel narrative, Jake Tapper’s book about President Biden—which posited a conspiracy regarding Biden’s cognitive abilities—fell flat after revealing that Biden’s real health issue was cancer, not a cognitive decline.
It’s striking how a narrative focused on secrecy and cover-ups failed to account for the actual health struggles faced by Biden.
Despite the complexities of 2024, many Democrats feel Kamala Harris was dealt an unfair hand. As she led a campaign for a party beset by chaos—largely the product of its own doing influenced by both media narratives and party insiders—her efforts faced insurmountable challenges.
There’s genuine goodwill toward Harris, yet this does not automatically translate into a desire for her to rerun for the presidency. Many party members express a longing for a new generation of leaders and fresh perspectives.
At this juncture, Donald Trump’s era seems to be waning. The current administration isn’t generating the same media frenzy as before, with many media outlets seemingly shifting their focus away from a now less lucrative narrative in hopes of capturing a more profitable angle.
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