American Sniper (book)

American Sniper
Paperback cover
AuthorChris Kyle
Scott McEwen
Jim DeFelice
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPersonal memories
PublisherWilliam Morrow and Company, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publication date
January 2, 2012
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Audiobook
Paperback
Pages400
ISBN978-0062082350

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History is a work of autobiographical creative nonfiction by United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The book was published by William Morrow and Company on January 2, 2012[1] and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for 37 weeks.[2]

The memoir has sold over 1.2 million copies across all formats (hardcover, paper, and ebook), including 700,000 copies in 2015 alone, making it one of the best-selling books of 2015.[3] It landed atop all the major best-seller lists, including the aforementioned The New York Times, as well as Publishers Weekly and USA Today, and it reached No. 2 on Amazon.[4] Its film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood and starring actor Bradley Cooper as Kyle was released in 2014.

  1. ^ Bosman, Julie (18 March 2012). "A Wave of Military Memoirs With You-Are-There Appeal". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nonfiction – Best Sellers – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Andy Lewis (February 6, 2015). "'American Sniper' Book Sales See Continued Bump From Movie's Success". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Andy Lewis (February 6, 2015). "'American Sniper' Book Sales See Continued Bump From Movie's Success". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

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