Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson led the pack in book income, reporting about $1.18 million last year. She’d already received about $3 million in prior years for her autobiography, “Lovely One.” It was unclear whether the latest payment, described as an “advance,” was for that book or a future one.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett came in second in the SCOTUS book sweepstakes last year, raking in almost $850,000 for her book, “Listening to the Law.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch pulled in $300,000 in “royalty income” from publisher Harper Collins. In 2024, he published a book on overregulation, “Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law.” In May, he published a children’s book tied to the 250th Anniversary of the U.S., “Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence.” Both were co-authored with Janie Nitze, a former law clerk.
Sotomayor came in behind that among the sitting justices with about $89,000 in book royalties. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy landed ahead of Sotomayor with about $151,000 in book income.
