TOTAL NUMBER OF SIMPSON-RELATED BOOKSMore than 60....

TOTAL NUMBER OF SIMPSON-RELATED BOOKS

More than 60. Yet to come are books by Mark Fuhrman, Ron Goldman’s family, Marcia Clark and Dominick Dunne. This does not include potential efforts by the civil trial jurors and lawyers.

BIGGEST SALES

“I Want to Tell You” by Simpson sold more than 600,000 copies and was the 12th-best-selling nonfiction book of 1995, according to Publishers Weekly.

“In Contempt” by Christopher Darden spent several weeks atop the bestseller lists in 1996, as did “American Tragedy” by Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth; “The Run of His Life” by Jeff Toobin also did well, as did “The Search for Justice” by Robert Shapiro.

BIGGEST FLOPS

“Journey to Justice” by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. appeared only briefly on the bestseller lists and sold fewer than half of the 500,000 copies printed by Ballantine Books. The actual sales figure could be even less. He got a $4.2-million advance.

Another bomb was “Kato Kaelin: The Whole Truth” (Harper Paperbacks: $525,000 advance) written by Marc Eliot with initial cooperation from Kaelin, who later backed out of the project. About 800,000 copies were printed, most of which were not sold.

BEST-LIKED BY CRITICS

“An American Tragedy” got an extremely positive review in the Los Angeles Times, although it was dismissed by the New York Times and Washington Post. “The Run of His Life” by Jeff Toobin got favorable reviews from East Coast media but was trashed in the L.A. Times. “In Contempt” by Christopher Darden did well with reviewers, as did Vincent Bugliosi’s book, “Outrage: Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder.”

WORST-REVIEWED

Anything produced by Dove Books, including Faye Resnick’s book. Also, Johnnie Cochran’s book (which was slammed by the L.A. Times, New York Times and Washington Post).

The single worst reviews went to Simpson’s book, which also included an audiotape.