Which Politician Has Sold the Most Books?

I’m very surprised by this. Carter over both Clintons? Whowouldathunk? Via.

The Daily Beast ranks the top-selling politicians in book publishing over the last decade:

1. Barack Obama — 4,650,000 copies sold

2. Jimmy Carter — 2,218,000 copies sold

3. Bill Clinton — 1,899,000 copies sold

4. Al Franken — 1,777,000 copies sold

5. Hillary Clinton — 1,491,000 copies sold

6. Sarah Palin — 1,455,000 copies sold

7. Newt Gingrich — 1,098,000 copies sold

8. Al Gore — 913,000 copies sold

9. Ted Kennedy — 651,000 copies sold

10. John McCain — 614,000 copies sold