Book · 2021 · nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2021-08-01
American Marxism
Why people recommend it
American Marxism is a political commentary by conservative author and media host Mark R. Levin that offers a critical look at contemporary leftist ideologies and social movements in the United States. The book received notable attention on The Book Review during discussions about the shifting landscape of political publishing and commercial success in the book industry. On an episode titled Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea, Elizabeth Harris cited Levin's work while analyzing the booming market for conservative political literature, noting that the title featured a dedicated chapter on critical race theory and achieved massive commercial success by selling four hundred thousand copies in its very first week on the market. Later, in an episode titled Robert Gottlieb on Garbo and Babbitt, Liz Harris returned to the subject, highlighting the publication as an extraordinary commercial phenomenon. She noted that it was one of only a handful of titles projected to reach an impressive milestone of one million print copies sold, placing it in the rare company of major pop-culture blockbusters on the shelves of independent booksellers everywhere and illustrating the immense, undeniable reach of politically charged non-fiction in the contemporary American marketplace.
Who recommended it
- Elizabeth Harris Discussed
- Liz Harris Discussed
Elizabeth Harris — 1 mention
“and the book American Marxism by the best-selling author Mark Levan has a chapter on critical race Theory and that book so 400,000 copies in just its first week on the market last month”
Liz Harris — 1 mention
“so only two books and maybe three once everything's all counted are expected to hit a million print copies sold those are a new dog man book a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and American Marxism by Mark Levan all appearing together on the same Shelf at your nearest independent book seller”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“there's American Marxism by Mark Levan published by threshold and this is a Fox News host talking about issues like the green New Deal social activism and critical race Theory”
“and on Thursday it was in the number one spot overall on Amazon's print bestseller list finally toppling Mark Levan's American Marxism which has been clinging to the number one spot for a long time”