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Best Sellers

December 12, 2010

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Inside the List

The Bush family and Sarah Palin take their war of the words to the best-seller list.

Editors’ Choice

Recent books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

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This Week    Last Week Hardcover Nonfiction Weeks
on List
1 1 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush. (Crown, $35.) The former president’s memoir discusses his Christianity; his drinking; his family relationships; and 9/11, Iraq and Katrina. 3
2 AMERICA BY HEART, by Sarah Palin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99.) The former vice-presidential candidate reflects on family, faith and patriotism. 1
3 5 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain. (University of California, $34.95.) Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet. 6
4 2 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 2
5 4 LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age. 5
6 3 DECODED, by Jay-Z. (Spiegel & Grau, $35.) The hip-hop star leads a narrative journey through his lyrics and his life. 2
7 6 BROKE, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold/Mercury Radio Arts, $29.99.) The Fox News host’s plan for fixing the country’s financial woes. 5
8 9 EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show." 10
9 8 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) A biography of the last queen of ancient Egypt. 4
10 * COLONEL ROOSEVELT, by Edmund Morris. (Random House, $35.) The third and concluding volume of Morris’s monumental biography of Theodore Roosevelt. 1
11 7 I REMEMBER NOTHING, by Nora Ephron. (Knopf, $22.95.) Reflections on age and memory, from the author of “I Feel Bad About My Neck.” 3
12 10 ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera. (Portfolio/Penguin, $32.95.) Two business journalists examine the financial crisis of 2008. 2
13 13 _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. 30
14 11 PINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama. 11
15 14 THE LAST BOY, by Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle. 7
16 * 12 THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. (Scribner, $30.) An oncologist’s history of cancer. 2

Also Selling

  1. ____ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max (Gallery)
  2. AT HOME, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)
  3. THE KENNEDY DETAIL, by Gerald Blaine with Lisa McCubbin (Gallery)
  4. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot (Crown)
  5. THE GRAND DESIGN, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (Bantam)
  6. THEY CALL ME BABA BOOEY, by Gary Dell’Abate with Chad Millman (Spiegel & Grau)
  7. UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS, by Portia de Rossi (Atria)
  8. WASHINGTON, by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press)
  9. OOGY, by Larry Levin (Grand Central)
  10. SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush (Scribner)
  11. TRICKLE UP POVERTY, by Michael Savage (Morrow/HarperCollins)
  12. ATLANTIC, by Simon Winchester (Harper)
  13. FINISHING THE HAT, by Stephen Sondheim (Knopf)
  14. BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis (Norton)
  15. IN FIFTY YEARS WE'LL ALL BE CHICKS, by Adam Carolla (Crown Archetype)
  16. HERO, by Michael Korda (Harper)
  17. ME, by Ricky Martin (Celebra)
  18. I'M DREAMING OF A BLACK CHRISTMAS, by Lewis Black (Riverhead)
  19. ALL BY MY SELVES, by Jeff Dunham (Dutton)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the December 12, 2010 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 28, 2010.

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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