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November 5, 2008

Obama wins with books, too

Obama book Nothing like a presidential election win to increase book sales. Barack Obama's historic victory has given another boost to his million-selling books, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, the Associated Press reports.

Both books were in the top 25 on Amazon.com's best-seller list early today, soon after he beat John McCain to become the first black president-elect. Dreams, a memoir released in the 1990s, and Audacity, a reflection on politics that came out in 2006, have far outsold any of the anti-Obama books that came out last summer.

One sobering fact on the Amazon.com list: The No. 1 book at the time of Obama's victory was I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt, by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera.

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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