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Best Sellers

April 08, 2012

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Inside the List

Anne Lamott, whose new book enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 9, is dispensing her daffy, neurotic, inspirational punch lines on Twitter.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

This Week    Last Week Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction Weeks
on List
1 IMAGINE, by Jonah Lehrer. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a group of thought processes that can be learned. 1
2 5 THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House Publishing.) A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. 4
3 1 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy. 61
4 4 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. 22
5 6 AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his battlefield experiences. 12
6 3 THE VOW, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson. (B&H Publishing.) After a horrific car crash, a couple embark on a journey to fall in love all over again. The true events that inspired the movie. 7
7 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. 1
8 8 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 61
9 7 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 26
10 9 BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Little, Brown & Company.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock." 42
11 11 QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown Publishing.) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. 9
12 12 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown Publishing.) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951. 54
13 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott. (Penguin Group.) A jointly written journal describes what happened when Lamott’s son, Sam, whose childhood she described in “Operating Instructions,” unexpectedly became a father at 19. 1
14 WHY NATIONS FAIL, by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. (Crown Publishing.) How political and economic institutions lead to economic success or failure. (†) 1
15 WHY ME?, by Sarah Burleton. (Sarah Burleton.) A memoir of a childhood of physical and mental abuse beginning in first grade and continuing for years. 1

Also Selling

  1. TOUGH SH*T, by Kevin Smith (Penguin Group)
  2. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  3. AUSCHWITZ, by Miklos Nyiszli (Skyhorse)
  4. BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo (Random House Publishing)
  5. BRINGING UP BÉBÉ, by Pamela Druckerman (Penguin Group)
  6. UNORTHODOX, by Deborah Feldman (Simon & Schuster)
  7. THE OTHER SIDE OF SUFFERING, by John Ramsey with Marie Chapian (FaithWords)
  8. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Company)
  9. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson (Crown Publishing)
  10. THE RIGHTEOUS MIND, by Jonathan Haidt (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  11. FULL SERVICE, by Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg (Grove/Atlantic)
  12. ABUNDANCE, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler (Free Press)
  13. ONCE UPON A SECRET, by Mimi Alford (Random House Publishing)
  14. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)
  15. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  16. OUTLAW PLATOON, by Sean Parnell with John R. Bruning (HarperCollins Publishers)
  17. REVELATIONS, by Elaine Pagels (Penguin Group)
  18. AMERITOPIA, by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)
  19. CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie (Random House Publishing)
  20. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (HarperCollins Publishers)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the April 8, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 24, 2012.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

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