About the Best Sellers:

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the September 25, 2011 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending September 10, 2011. 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. For an explanation of our methodology, visit https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers.



                              Best Sellers: Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction
This
Week
1 IN MY TIME, by Dick Cheney. (Threshold Editions)
2 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson)
3 THAT USED TO BE US, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
4 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House)
5 A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. (Simon & Schuster)
6 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown)
7 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown)
8 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown)
9 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)
10 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Simon & Schuster) †
11 UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS, by Jennifer S. Holland. (Workman)
12 BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Little, Brown)
13 EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. (Simon & Schuster)
14 1493 - UNCOVERING THE NEW WORLD COLUMBUS CREATED, by Charles C. Mann. (Knopf Doubleday)
15 WILLPOWER, by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney. (Penguin Group)
16 JUST MY TYPE, by Simon Garfield. (Penguin Group)
17 AFTER AMERICA, by Mark Steyn. (Regnery) †
18 COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS, by Alexandra Fuller. (Penguin Group) Fuller's mother is at the center of this memoir set in Africa.
19 THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster)
20 RAFA, by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin. (Hyperion)
21 THE BOY WHO CAME BACK FROM HEAVEN, by Kevin Malarkey and Alex Malarkey. (Tyndale House)
22 TOP SECRET AMERICA, by Dana Priest and William Arkin. (Little, Brown)
23 MONEYBALL, by Michael Lewis. (W. W. Norton)
24 ARGUABLY, by Christopher Hitchens. (Grand Central)
25 WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR, by Karl Marlantes. (Grove/Atlantic)
26 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf Doubleday)
27 THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. (Simon & Schuster) An oncologist's history of cancer and its treatment covers both the eureka moments and the decades of despair.
28 A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
29 SEAL TEAM SIX, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. (St. Martin’s)
30 DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Penguin Group)
31 THE SOURCE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, by David Wilcock. (Penguin Group)
32 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Knopf Doubleday) How an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
33 THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)
34 THUNDER DOG, by Michael Hingson with Susy Flory. (Thomas Nelson)
35 GOD, NO!, by Penn Jillette. (Simon & Schuster) The louder half of the magic duo Penn & Teller offers a wisecracking atheist's view of the world.
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