Maybe driven by Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential bid or the fight over Indiana’s “religious freedom” law, Americans have taken notice of the Constitution of the United States, ordering so many pocket versions that the nation’s founding document has blasted into the Top 10 bestseller list.
In revealing their second weekly Conservative Best Seller list, the Conservative Book Club said that the Constitution published by National Center for Constitutional Studies barnstormed into No. 7 on the new list.
“We are pleased to see that The Constitution of the United States is still a bestseller after 228 years,” said Christopher Malagisi, editor of the Conservative Book Club. “Perhaps President Obama should buy himself a copy as a reference guide.”
The Center offers the pocket Constitution in bulk sales which may explain the sales spurt.
Secrets plans to run the weekly bestseller list as a new feature.
While American Sniper remained at No. 1, there was another newbie added to the list which is meant to highlight conservative books often left off mainstream media bestseller lists, notably the influential New York Times lists. That was likely GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson’s new book, You Have A Brain: A Teen’s Guide to T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G. It debuted at No. 10
Conservative Bestseller List for the week of April 1-7, 2015:
1 – American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By Chris Kyle (Publisher: William Morrow)
2 – Killing Patton: The Strange Death of WWII’s Most Audacious General
By Bill O’Reilly (Henry Holt and Company)
3 – Killing Jesus: A History
By Bill O’Reilly (Henry Holt and Company)
4 – Duck Commander Devotions for Kids
By Korie Robinson (Thomas Nelson)
5 – God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
By Mike Huckabee (St. Martin’s Press)
6 – Rush Revere and the American Revolution: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans
By Rush Limbaugh (Threshold Editions)
7 – The Constitution of the United States
By James Madison (National Center for Constitutional Studies)
8 – Inside ISIS: The Brutal Rise of a Terrorist Threat
By Benjamin Hall (Center Street Books)
9 – George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
By Brian Kilmeade (Sentinel)
10 – You Have a Brain: A Teen’s Guide to T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G.
By Ben Carson (Zondervan)
METHODOLOGY:
The Conservative Book Club’s weekly conservative bestseller list is independently created and the selection of books for the weekly list is determined by the Conservative Book Club. Data for the Lists is derived from Nielson BookScan Data, the provision of which does not imply any endorsement whatsoever by Nielson of any Conservative Book Club activities or Lists.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
