--- title: Carrie Fisher's Books Hit Bestseller List After Her Death description: Carrie Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' topped Amazon's bestseller list after the Star Wars' actor's deat canonical: https://time.com/4618983/carrie-fisher-books-bestsellers/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-28T17:12:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:29:23.018Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Carrie Fisher's Books Top Amazon's Bestseller List After Her Death og:description: 'The Princess Diarist' topped Amazon's list og:url: https://time.com/4618983/carrie-fisher-books-bestsellers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74bc9e6b16f34588/6988b41eab6d7717af6ac59d/carrie-fisher-book.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3588 og:image:height: 2018 og:image:alt: Carrie Fisher Book Signing For "The Princess Diarist" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Carrie Fisher's Books Top Amazon's Bestseller List After Her Death twitter:description: 'The Princess Diarist' topped Amazon's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74bc9e6b16f34588/6988b41eab6d7717af6ac59d/carrie-fisher-book.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Carrie Fisher's Books Top Amazon's Bestseller List After Her Death > Sponsored content. 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Jerritt Clark—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 28, 2016 5:12 PM UTC [Carrie Fisher’s death at 60](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/) has spurred her fans to snap up copies of her books, pushing three of them to the top 10 list on Amazon. Fisher’s most recent book, [_The Princess Diarist_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399173595/?tag=timecom-20), was the number-one book on Amazon as of Wednesday morning. The memoir, released in November, presents excerpts from the diary she kept while playing Princess Leia in the original _Star Wars_ film, recently rediscovered by the actor not long before her death. The book includes reminiscences about her crush on co-star Harrison Ford and other behind-the-scenes doings. Her 2008 memoir [_Wishful Drinking_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/143915371X/?tag=timecom-20) (based on her one-woman show of the same name) clocked in at number seven. 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