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Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived U.S. president in history, holds another, less noticed distinction: He’s the most prolific author of any president in a century. Mr. Carter wrote or co-wrote 32 books in his lifetime, 20 of which became New York Times best sellers.

But that expansive literary legacy has a flip side. Just 16 books written by others that prominently deal with Mr. Carter or his administration have made the best-seller list, a stark contrast to the dozens of volumes lavished on every other modern president.

The result is a striking fact: Mr. Carter, who died at 100 on Sunday, was in many ways a president who had a lot more to say than has been said about him.

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That ratio — best sellers written by a president before, during and after his presidency versus best sellers written about him — can be calculated for commanders in chief going back to 1931, when The Times first began tracking hardcover nonfiction book sales. Doing so reveals a few patterns.

The Most Prolific Modern President

President Carter has written 20 best-selling books during his lifetime, more than the number of best-selling books that have been written about him.

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Mr. Pogorzelski confirmed his resignation in a text message on Sunday evening, saying he and seven other campaign staffers had resigned on “our own accord.”

Books by Books about Ratio Jimmy Carter 20 16 1.25 Richard Nixon 8 73 0.11 Dwight Eisenhower 5 49 0.10 Bill Clinton 6 80 0.08 Harry Truman 3 50 0.06 Barack Obama 5 114 0.04 Ronald Reagan 3 71 0.04 Gerald Ford 1 25 0.04 George W. Bush 4 116 0.03 Donald Trump 5 172 0.03 George H.W. Bush 1 40 0.03 Lyndon Johnson 1 46 0.02 John F. Kennedy 2 102 0.02 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2 122 0.02

Source: New York Times best-sellers lists, 1931-October 2024

The clearest lesson is that while Americans like to read and write about their presidents, they don’t read or write about all of them equally. Nor is every president equally inclined to leave a legacy measured in volumes.

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