This week, Omarosa Manigault Newman is No. 1 with "Unhinged," her bridge-burning account of her time in the Trump White House.
"Unhinged" topped both the print hardcover and the combined print and e-book best sellers list, according to the Times chart, which was shared with publishers on Wednesday.
Some of the sales data indicates that President Trump's vicious tweets about Omarosa helped lift her sales.
The book started climbing Amazon's best sellers chart when Trump let loose, labeling her "Wacky Omarosa" and describing her as a dog. The Trump tweets generated more news coverage and curiosity which in turn generated more sales.
A similar effect was seen -- to a much greater degree -- when Trump assailed Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury" back in January. The publisher of that book struggled to print enough copies to meet demand.
hen Pirro's Fox colleague Gregg Jarrett took the top spot for two weeks with his equally Trump-loving book, "The Russia Hoax."
In those cases, too, the president appeared to have a hand in the sales totals. Trump endorsed both books via Twitter.
"Hoax" moved to No. 2 last week when GOP strategist and outspoken Trump critic Rick Wilson's book "Everything Trump Touches Dies" hit shelves.
It was No. 1 for a week before "Unhinged" came along.
Another book appealing to Trump opponents, Craig Unger's "House of Trump, House of Putin," debuted at No. 5, while Wilson's anti-Trump tome moved to No. 7.
In between, "The Russia Hoax" is holding steady at No. 2.
"There's two kinds of books published on the Trump presidency," Washington Post nonfiction book critic Carlos Lozada said on CNN's "Reliable Sources" last week.
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