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Best Sellers

June 10, 2012

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Inside the List

Justin Halpern, whose new memoir, “I Suck at Girls,” is No. 6 on the e-book nonfiction list, feels as lucky as a plane crash survivor or Oprah’s long-lost sister.

Editors’ Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

Paperback books of particular interest.

Browse Past Lists

This Week    Paperback Nonfiction Weeks
on List
1 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Broadway, $16.) A woman’s cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951. 64
2 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Broadway, $16.) William E. Dodd, the United States ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin. 4
3 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson, $16.99.) A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels. 80
4 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $16.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent. 51
5 BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Vintage, $15.95.) Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe. 61
6 BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) The “30 Rock” creator’s memoir. 21
7 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) The author recalls her bizarre childhood, during which she was constantly on the move. (†) 272
8 THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander. (New Press, $19.95.) Taking aim at the “war on drugs” and its impact on black men. 19
9 * THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster, $20.) Exploring the intellectual legacy that France left to its 19th-century visitors. 2
10 THE VOW, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson. (B&H, $14.99.) After a horrific car crash, a couple begin a journey to fall in love again. 16
11 THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. 388
12 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage, $15.95.) A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the World’s Fair of 1893. 218
13 LOST IN SHANGRI-LA, by Mitchell Zuckoff. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) Three 1945 crash survivors were caught between headhunters and enemy Japanese. 5
14 THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES, by Edmund de Waal. (Picador, $16.) A collection of figurines is central to this tale of a family's survival. 14
15 * THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks. (Three Rivers, $13.95.) The comedy writer offers a plan for safeguarding yourself from the living dead. 52
16 BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) The importance of hunch and instinct in the workings of the mind. 205
17 LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $8.99.) The harrowing story of a Navy SEALs operation in Afghanistan. 72
18 TURN RIGHT AT MACHU PICCHU, by Mark Adams. (Plume, $16.) Retracing a journey to the Incas’ city. 3
19 * FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) How to apply economic theory to almost everything. 99
20 ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. (Vintage, $15.95.) The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina. 28

Also Selling

  1. THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
  2. SEAL TEAM SIX, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin (St. Martin's Griffin)
  3. THE PSYCHOPATH TEST, by Jon Ronson (Riverhead)
  4. THE HUNGER PAINS, by The Harvard Lampoon (Touchstone)
  5. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner)
  6. THE OTHER WES MOORE, by Wes Moore (Spiegel & Grau)
  7. MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN, by Joshua Foer (Penguin)
  8. UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS, by Jennifer S. Holland (Workman)
  9. NOTHING DAUNTED, by Dorothy Wickenden (Scribner)
  10. DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead)
  11. JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith (Ecco)
  12. LADY ALMINA AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY, by the Countess of Carnarvon (Broadway Books)
  13. THEN AGAIN, by Diane Keaton (Random House)
  14. AREA 51, by Annie Jacobsen (Back Bay)
  15. INCOGNITO, by David Eagleman (Vintage)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the June 10, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 26, 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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