Books by president –elect of U.S.A , Barack Obama have topped the bestseller lists worldwide thanks to his shooting popularity ever since his election.

‘The Audacity of Hope’, his 2006 book on politics and faith, is No. 8, up from No. 43, on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list to be published Thursday.
‘Dreams From My Father’, Obama’s 1995 memoir, reissued in 2004, is No. 9, up from No. 56 on the list.
Nearly 4,000 copies of Obama’s books have been sold in India since 2007 and about 3,000 copies are expected to hit the markets by mid-November

Worldwide, Obama’s publishers expect a demand of 5 lakh copies by the end of the year. The books are already number one sellers even on websites like Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

“Obama’s books, especially his memoir, stand apart,” says Hess, author of What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect. “Books by candidates usually have a short political life, not a literary life.’
Audacity of Hope was part of a three-book deal Obama signed with Random House for $1.9 million in 2005. Campaign aides have said plans for the remaining two books — including one for kids to be co-written by his wife, Michelle — are on hold.

Also moving up the list: Change We Can Believe In, Obama’s campaign promises (No. 33) and LIFE’s The American Journey of Barack Obama (No. 48). Three kids’ books got a boost: Nikki Grimes’ Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (No. 108), Jonah Winter’s Barack (No. 115) and Roberta Edwards’ Barack Obama: An American Story (No. 135).

A shelf of new books is on the way, including Gwen Ifill’s The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (Jan. 20), Jabari Asim’s What Obama Means (Jan. 27) and two photo collections titled Yes, We Can— a $30 hardcover for adults (Dec. 1) and a $5 paperback for children (Jan. 1).

The Obamas earned $4.2 million in book royalties in 2007 and with the sales of his books rising by the day, it seems they are in for a royalty windfall.