Gay Governor's Book Becomes a Best-Seller

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- The autobiography of former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey is now officially a New York Times best-seller.

"The Confession," which was released on September 19, will be ranked No. 3 in nonfiction hardcover sales in The New York Times book review in the Oct. 8 issue, the newspaper said.

The book ranked No. 1 in biography-autobiography and No. 4 in adult nonfiction based on first-week sales of 15,000 recorded by Nielsen BookScan U.S., The Star-Ledger of Newark reported in Thursday's newspapers.

McGreevey have lived a very private life since his resignation, mostly avoiding all contact with media. He, however, promoted the book with several television appearances last week, including a taped interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

McGreevey came out publicly as a "gay American" at a news conference in August 2004. He also announced his resignation at the same conference, admitting he had been in affair with another man.