tə dˈeɪt, ðə fɹˈʌnt ɹˈʌnɚ hɐz sˈoʊld mˈoːɹ ðɐn tˈɛn mˈɪliən kˈɑːpɪz ænd hˈæzbiːn tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ æt lˈiːst nˈaɪn lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ dʒˌæpənˈiːz, dʒˈɜːmən, fɹˈɛntʃ, dˈeɪnɪʃ, swˈiːdɪʃ, dˈʌtʃ, ænd ɪtˈæliən; ɪt wʌzðə bˈɛstsˈɛlɪŋ ɡˈeɪ nˈɑːvəl pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn spˈeɪn, ænd ðə fˈɜːst ɡˈeɪ nˈɑːvəl ˈɛvɚ pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn lˈætviə.
To date, The Front Runner has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into at least nine languages, including Japanese, German, French, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, and Italian; it was the best-selling gay novel published in Spain, and the first gay novel ever published in Latvia.