Thursday, July 31, 2014

Best Sellers

June 17, 2012

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Inside the List

Jeff Shaara, whose Civil War novel “Blaze of Glory” hits the hardcover fiction list at No. 7, follows a friend’s advice: “If you expect me to read your books, you’ve gotta hook me in Chapter 1.”

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 1 AMATEUR, by Edward Klein. (Regnery Publishing.) A journalist argues that President Obama is callow, arrogant and unable to lead. 3
2 5 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 71
3 4 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown Publishing.) William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin. 40
4 2 IT WORKED FOR ME, by Colin Powell with Tony Koltz. (HarperCollins Publishers.) Rules for effective leadership from the four-star general and former secretary of state. 2
5 3 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 35
6 8 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 emergency appendectomy. 71
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. 7
8 7 THE PASSAGE OF POWER, by Robert A. Caro. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.” 5
9 14 FEARLESS, by Eric Blehm. (WaterBrook.) A tribute to Adam Brown, a member of Navy SEAL Team 6, who was killed in Afghanistan. 2
10 6 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. 59
11 9 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. 32
12 10 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. 13
13 CRONKITE, by Douglas Brinkley. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A biography of the newsman and longtime anchor of the “CBS Evening News.” 1
14 THE PRESIDENTS CLUB, by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. (Simon & Schuster.) Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting presidents and their predecessors. 3
15 BLOOD FEUD, by Lisa Alther. (Lyons Press.) A history of the famous 19th-century feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys. 1

Also Selling

  1. MOST TALKATIVE, by Andy Cohen (Henry Holt & Company)
  2. MY CROSS TO BEAR, by Gregg Allman (HarperCollins Publishers)
  3. IMAGINE, by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
  4. LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, by Jenny Lawson (Penguin Group)
  5. LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE, by Anna Quindlen (Random House Publishing)
  6. MRS. KENNEDY AND ME, by Clint Hill (Gallery Books)
  7. SERVICE, by Marcus Luttrell and James D. Hornfischer (Little, Brown & Company)
  8. THE ART OF INTELLIGENCE, by Henry A. Crumpton (Penguin Group)
  9. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Simon & Schuster)
  10. THE VOW, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson (B&H Publishing)
  11. I SUCK AT GIRLS, by Justin Halpern (HarperCollins Publishers)
  12. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle (HarperCollins Publishers)
  13. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey (Little, Brown & Company)
  14. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Company)
  15. THE REAL CRASH, by Peter D. Schiff (St. Martin’s Press)
  16. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
  17. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  18. QUIET, by Susan Cain (Crown Publishing)
  19. DRIFT, by Rachel Maddow (Crown Publishing)
  20. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown & Company)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the June 17, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 2, 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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