Don Lemon’s new book, “This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism,” debuted atop the New York Times’ nonfiction best-seller list this week.
This week marked the book’s first eligible week on the list since it’s publication in March 16. It topped the list of combined print and e-book nonfiction works as well as the standard hardcover list.
“I want to thank everyone who inspired me to write this book,” Lemon said in a video posted to Twitter after the chart-topping debut. “All the people who bought it, all the support, and mostly to the people who have having the conversations that I talk about in this book.