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107 Days 2025
107 Days is a political memoir written by Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States, in partnership with journalist Geraldine Brooks. The book recounts the 2024 presidential campaign of Harris, covering the period from Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race on July 21, 2024 through Election Day on November 5. The title refers to the number of days her campaign lasted. It was published by Simon & Schuster on September 23, 2025, available in hardcover, ebook, and a ten-hour audiobook narrated by Harris herself.
In its first week, the book sold 350,000 copies within the United States, with an initial print run of 500,000 copies. Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp noted that the memoir ranked among the top-selling political books in the 2020s. It remained on The New York Times' Hardcover Nonfiction best-seller list for 15 straight weeks.
Development and publishing details emerged when Simon & Schuster announced on July 31, 2025 that Harris would release a memoir about her 2024 campaign, with an expected release date of September 23. In a social media video, Harris explained the book was based on a personal journal she kept during the campaign, reflecting on what she called “the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.” She worked with Geraldine Brooks to give the memoir a narrative style reminiscent of a novel. Jonathan Karp, CEO of Simon & Schuster, commented that the tone resembled a suspense thriller more than a typical political memoir. The book was coedited by Karp and Dawn Davis, senior vice president of Simon & Schuster. An audiobook version narrated by Harris was also announced for release on Audible.
On August 21, 2025, Harris shared on social media that she would begin an international book tour in September 2025 to promote 107 Days. She planned eighteen stops across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom; the first leg concluded by November 2025. In December 2025, she announced a second phase of the tour starting in New Orleans on January 13, 2026 and ending in Anaheim on April 2026.
In her memoir, Harris describes leaving the decision to run for re-election entirely up to Joe and Jill Biden as “reckless.” While acknowledging Biden’s age and health issues, she affirms that he was still able to fulfill his duties. However, she expressed anger and disappointment over his poor debate performance against former president Donald Trump in 2024, particularly because he failed to recognize how poorly he had done. In contrast, Harris felt her own debate preparation and performance were more effective. She described her debate training, which was led by Karen Dunn.
Harris compared her electoral loss—where 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%. She referenced Tom Brady, who similarly described being stunned and heartbroken after the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants 14–17.
Harris does not explicitly state whether she plans to run for office again in the future. She chose not to run for Governor of California in the 2026 California gubernatorial election. However, she has indicated interest in potentially running for president again in the 2028 United States presidential election.
Reception of 107 Days has been largely commercial, though some critics have questioned its content. Jennifer Szalai of The New York Times gave it a positive review but noted that Harris’s perspective was colored by her own defense of her record. The Guardian offered a mostly negative assessment, citing the book's tone and lack of resolution, although it praised the writing quality. Democratic strategist Michael Hardaway called the memoir “unhelpful,” saying it mainly involved blame-shifting rather than constructive critique. Before its release, Stephen A. Smith questioned the relevance of the book, asking, “Who cares what [Kamala Harris] has to say? ... There's nothing to elaborate about.”
Over 15 Democratic operatives across the country voiced criticism after reviewing the memoir. One said, “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,” while another remarked, “This reads like, good-riddance to politics.” Nesrine Malik, writing for The Guardian, criticized Harris’s campaign for lacking self-reflection and claimed that she and other Democrats were delusional.
Billy Binion from Reason magazine argued that Harris portrayed herself as, “ever the prosecutor” in the book, particularly when she referred to Ross Ulbricht as a “fentanyl dealer.” However, Ulbricht had never been charged with or accused of selling fentanyl on Silk Road, which he operated from 2011 until its closure in 2013.
See also
2024 United States presidential election
Public image of Kamala Harris
Other books by Kamala Harris: Smart on Crime, Superheroes Are Everywhere, The Truths We Hold
Details
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- ISBN
- 9781668211656
- Pages
- 320
