Everything looks better--rank-wise--after a TV appearance

Ego surfing is mother's milk to authors, and Amazon is ground zero.

My dream, going back to the first book, was to someday be able to see a cluster of books with some staying power.

Today's rankings soothe the soul, even as I know it's a lot of lists within lists. Point being, when lists are made, the three books appear somewhere.

In Globalization, Blueprint for Action (paperback) makes #45.

In International Security, Pentagon's New Map (paperback) makes #28 and BFA(p) ranks #59.

In Military Science, PNM(p) ranks #48.

In U.S. Politics, Great Powers (hardcover) ranks #5 and PNM(p) ranks #46.

In Politics, GP stands at #59.

In International Relations, GP is #11.

In International, GP is #13.

Switching to Kindle lists, in Military Science, PNM(k) is #7.

In International Security(k), PNM(k) is #16.

In Freedom & Security(k), PNM(k) is #39.

In U.S. Politics(k), GP(k) is #3 and PNM(k) is #30.

In Politics & Current Events(k), GP(k) is #37.

In International Relations(k), GP(k) is #6.

In International(k), GP(k) is #7.

In the end, you want books that matter and stay around, something not just worth reading right then but worth being read in classrooms years later (like Larry Summers assigning BFA in his Harvard class on globalization, or OH high school kids reading PNM). PNM is five years old. BFA is four years old.

I know this is sheer bragging, but I get to do that on my blog, because the Internet is full of people who love to s--t on you too!

Comments

[Jerry H.]

Its cool. Nothing like a little intellectual immortality to bequeath to the kids, "Hey, this is what grandpa was thinking when I was little." That being said, your sh#* is solid, I refer to your sysadmin stuff everyday, at least in my own internal dialogue.