107 Days

2025 book by Kamala Harris July 2025 September 2025 107 Days File:107 Days Kamala Harris.jpg Kamala Harris English Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign Political memoir Simon & Schuster September 23, 2025 320 978-1668211656 https://107daysbook.com/ Official website collapsed 107 Days is a political memoir by Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States, in collaboration with author Geraldine Brooks. The book details Harris's 2024 presidential campaign spanning from Joe Biden's withdrawal from the election on July 21, 2024, to Election Day on November 5, with the title referencing the length of her campaign. It was released by Simon & Schuster on September 23, 2025, in hardcover, ebook and a ten-hour audiobook edition read by Harris.July 31, 2025 Harris opens up about her historic presidential run after Biden's exit in new memoir, '107 Days' Italie, Hillel https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-memoir-107-days-presidential-campaign-88b2b68dc8b9f191d79fc6b582a7828a July 31, 2025 AP News enJuly 31, 2025 Kamala Harris Sells a Memoir About the 2024 Campaign Alter, Alexandra https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/books/kamala-harris-campaign-memoir-107-days.html The New York Times July 31, 2025 subscription en The book sold 350,000 copies in the United States in its first week, and had an initial printing of 500,000 copies. Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said the book was one of the best-selling memoirs in the 2020s.https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/kamala-harris-107-days-sales Simon & Schuster Reports Week 1 Sales for 107 DAYS by Former Vice President Kamala Harris September 30, 2025 September 30, 2025 Simon & Schuster The book was on The New York Times''' Hardcover Nonfiction best-seller list for 15 consecutive weeks.Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/ 2026-01-11 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Development and publication On July 31, 2025, Simon & Schuster announced that Harris would publish a memoir about her 2024 presidential campaign, with a release date of September 23. In a video posted on social media, Harris stated that the memoir was derived from a journal in which she wrote her reflections and recollections of "the shortest presidential campaign in modern history". Harris collaborated with Geraldine Brooks to give the book a "novelistic feel", and Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp stated that the book reads more like a suspense novel than a political memoir. The memoir was coedited by Jonathan Karp and Dawn Davis, the senior vice president of Simon & Schuster. An audiobook version of the memoir narrated by Harris was announced to be published on Audible.Obias Rudie August 11, 2025 Kamala Harris' New Book, '107 Days,' Takes an Inside Look at Her 2024 Presidential Bid and the U.S.' "Broken" System https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/kamala-harris-107-days-book-buy-online-1236340216/ August 18, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter en-US On August 21, 2025, Harris announced on social media that she would be starting an international book tour in September 2025 to promote 107 Days. She scheduled eighteen appearances in cities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom; the first leg lasted through November 2025. In December 2025, Harris announced a second leg of the tour beginning in New Orleans on January 13, 2026, and finishing in Anaheim in April 2026.Harris Kamala December 24, 2025 The 107 Days Book Tour https://107daysbook.com/ December 24, 2025 107 Days Book en Contents In the book, Harris calls leaving the decision to run for re-election solely up to Joe and Jill Biden "reckless". Harris acknowledges Biden's age and health concerns, but says that Biden was still capable of functioning as president.https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/kamala-harris-book-107-days-biden In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own Edward-Isaac Dovere September 10, 2025 CNN September 10, 2025 Nonetheless, Harris states that she was "angry and disappointed" with Biden for his poor 2024 debate performance with then-former president Donald Trump, particularly because he did not understand how bad his performance was.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/angry-and-disappointed-kamala-harris-critical-of-joe-biden-in-new-book 'Angry and disappointed': Kamala Harris critical of Joe Biden in new book September 19, 2025 The Guardian September 19, 2025 David Smith Joe then rattled on about his own former debate performances. 'I beat him the other time; I wasn't feeling well in that last one.' He continued to insist that his debate performance hadn't hurt him much with the electorate. I was barely listening. In contrast to Biden, Harris did have a more well-received debate performance with Trump. Harris described her preparations for the debate in the book, which were led by Karen Dunn. Harris compared her loss, in which she lost the popular vote by 1.5% (48.3–49.8%) and the Electoral College 226–312, to the 2008 Super Bowl. She lost Wisconsin by 0.9%, Michigan by 1.4%, Pennsylvania by 1.7%, and Georgia by 2.2%.Had Harris won Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, she would have won exactly 270 out of 538 electoral votes to win. Had she also won Georgia, she would have won 286 electoral votes.https://abcnews.go.com/538/2024-presidential-election-close-landslide/story?id=116240898 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126224157/https://abcnews.go.com/538/2024-presidential-election-close-landslide/story?id=116240898 dead November 26, 2024 The 2024 presidential election was close, not a landslide Nathaniel Rakich Amina Brown ABC News November 26, 2024 December 5, 2024 She quoted Tom Brady, who similarly described being surprised and devastated by his loss when the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants 14–17. Harris does not say whether she will run for political office in the future in the book.Harris Kamala 107 Days September 23, 2025 Simon & Schuster 978-1668211670 She declined to run for Governor of California in the 2026 California gubernatorial election.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/30/kamala-harris-governor-president-2028/ Kamala Harris will not run for California governor, opening door for 2028 run July 30, 2025 Reston Maeve The Washington Post July 30, 2025 Harris has expressed potential interest in running again for president in the 2028 United States presidential election.https://www.wsj.com/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-book-2028-113f41c0?mod=mhp Is Kamala Harris Staging a 2028 Comeback? Tarini Parti Emily Glazer The Wall Street Journal September 26, 2025 September 26, 2025https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n7k2veywo 'I am not done' - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again Laura Kuenssberg BBC October 25, 2025 October 25, 2025 Reception 107 Days has been a commercial success, but some have been critical of the content.https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/kamala-harris-book-tour-critiques-candidate-00586107 Kamala Harris' self-exile has ended. Here comes the pile-on. Melanie Mason September 30, 2025 September 30, 2025 Politico The book was positively reviewed by Jennifer Szalai of The New York Times, though Szalai acknowledged Harris's perspective was biased given she was defending her own record.What Happened in the 2024 Election? Kamala Harris Has Some Thoughts. The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win. September 18, 2025 Jennifer Szalai The New York Times September 18, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/books/review/107-days-kamala-harris.html The Guardian gave the book a largely negative review, largely due to its negative tone and inability to provide the reader with closure. It did not, however, criticize the book's writing quality.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/22/107-days-by-kamala-harris-review-no-closure-no-hope The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad blood. The Guardian September 22, 2025 September 22, 2025 Arwa Mahdawi 107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope Democratic strategist Michael Hardaway criticized the book calling it "unhelpful" and saying it was "essentially a bunch of finger pointing and blaming others".https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/unhelpful-democratic-strategist-slams-kamala-harris-book-revelations-as-a-bunch-of-finger-pointing/ Mediaite September 20, 2025 September 23, 2025 'Unhelpful': Democratic Strategist Slams Kamala Harris Book Revelations as 'A Bunch of Finger Pointing' Prior to its release, Stephen A. Smith questioned the point of the book, saying, "Who cares what [Kamala Harris] has to say? ... There's nothing to elaborate about."https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5514528-harris-book-stephen-smith/amp/ The Hill September 21, 2025 September 23, 2025 Stephen A. Smith: 'Who cares' what Kamala Harris has to say? More than 15 Democratic operatives across the country who were interviewed about their thoughts on the book criticized it, with one saying "If there's a political strategy here, it's a bad one. There's an awful lot of grievances and finger-pointing that really doesn't serve a political agenda," and another saying "This reads like, good-riddance to politics."https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/kamala-harris-new-book-befuddles-dems-00574304 Politico September 19, 2025 September 23, 2025 Kamala Harris' new book befuddles Dems: 'If there's a political strategy here, it's a bad one.' Writing for The Guardian, Nesrine Malik criticized Harris's campaign for a lack of self-reflection and says that she along with other Democrats were delusional.The Guardian Kamala Harris's election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are https://web.archive.org/web/20250929154651/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/29/kamala-harris-memoir-election-campaign-democrats-deluded https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/29/kamala-harris-memoir-election-campaign-democrats-deluded 29 September 2025 live 30 September 2025 29 September 2025 Nesrine Malik Billy Binion writing for Reason magazine said that Harris demonstrates her role as, "...ever the prosecutor" in the book for her comments in the book which derided Ross Ulbricht as merely a "fentanyl dealer", when in fact Ulbricht had never been charged with the dealing of or accused of selling fentanyl on the Silk Road site which he had created and operated from 2011 through its closure in 2013.Binion Billy 2025-09-24 Kamala Harris slams Trump for pardoning 'the fentanyl dealer Ross Ulbricht' https://reason.com/2025/09/24/kamala-harris-slams-trump-for-pardoning-the-fentanyl-dealer-ross-ulbricht/ 2025-09-28 Reason.com en-US See also 2024 United States presidential election Public image of Kamala Harris Other books by Kamala Harris:Smart on CrimeSuperheroes Are EverywhereThe Truths We Hold'' Notes References External links books liberalism politics United States Category:2025 non-fiction books Category:Collaborative non-fiction books Category:Books about politics of the United States Category:Simon & Schuster books Category:Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign Category:Political memoirs Category:African-American memoirs Category:Books by Kamala Harris Category:Books by Geraldine Brooks Category:Books about Kamala Harris Category:Books about Joe Biden