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New York Times Best Sellers -- Hardcover Nonfiction
Note: The searches of the Dallas Public Library catalog on these pages use the ISBN number to search for the exact item listed. If the item is not found in the catalog, please search the catalog using the title to see if we have other versions than the one specified in this list.
Title: _____ MY DAD SAYS.
Author: Justin Halpern
Publisher: It Books/HarperCollins
Description: A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.
Currently ranked 1 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 16 weeks.
ISBN: 9780061992704 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: COMMITTED.
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Viking
Description: The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.
Currently ranked 2 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 11 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/books/04book.html
ISBN: 9780670021659 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: OUTLIERS.
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Description: Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity — from the author of “Blink.”
Currently ranked 3 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 91 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/books/18kaku.html
ISBN: 9780316017923 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON.
Author: S C Gwynne
Publisher: Scribner
Description: The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
Currently ranked 4 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 9 weeks.
ISBN: 9781416591054 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: THE OBAMA DIARIES.
Author: Laura Ingraham
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Description: A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.
Currently ranked 5 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 6 weeks.
ISBN: 9781439197516 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: THE BIG SHORT.
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Norton
Description: The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
Currently ranked 6 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 23 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/books/15book.html
ISBN: 9780393072235 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG.
Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Grand Central
Description: More humorous personal essays.
Currently ranked 7 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 24 weeks.
ISBN: 9780446552448 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: PACKING FOR MARS.
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: Norton
Description: A humorous investigation of life without gravity in the space program, by the author of “Stiff” and “Bonk.”
Currently ranked 8 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 3 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/books/09book.html
ISBN: 9780393068474 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS.
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Publisher: Crown
Description: Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.
Currently ranked 9 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 26 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/books/03book.html
ISBN: 9781400052172 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: ANGELINA.
Author: Andrew Morton
Publisher: St. Martin’s
Description: A biography of Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian.
Currently ranked 10 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 3 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/books/26book.html
ISBN: 9780312555610 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: SLIDING INTO HOME.
Author: Kendra Wilkinson with Jon Warech
Publisher: Gallery
Description: The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model.
Currently ranked 11 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 7 weeks.
ISBN: 9781439180914 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: THE MURDER ROOM.
Author: Michael Capuzzo
Publisher: Gotham
Description: The story of the Vidoq Society, a Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to reopening cold cases.
Currently ranked 12 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 2 weeks.
ISBN: 9781592401420 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: BORN TO RUN.
Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Knopf
Description: Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
Currently ranked 13 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 25 weeks.
ISBN: 9780307266309 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: MEDIUM RAW.
Author: Anthony Bourdain
Publisher: Ecco/HarperCollins
Description: The author of "Kitchen Confidential" looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures during the past 10 years.
Currently ranked 14 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 11 weeks.
ISBN: 9780061718946 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: MUSTAINE.
Author: Dave Mustaine with Joe Layden
Publisher: It Books/HarperCollins
Description: A memoir by the guitarist, songwriter and founder of the bands Metallica and Megadeth.
Currently ranked 15 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 2 weeks.
ISBN: 9780061714375 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: COMING BACK STRONGER.
Author: Drew Brees with Chris Fabry
Publisher: Tyndale House
Description: The N.F.L. quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints.
Currently ranked 16 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9781414339436 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME.
Author: Gail Caldwell
Publisher: Random House
Description:
Currently ranked 17 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9781400067381 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: THE DISAPPEARING SPOON.
Author: Sam Kean
Publisher: Little, Brown
Description: Stories of human interest and history connected with the elements of the periodic table.
Currently ranked 18 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9780316051644 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: WAR.
Author: Sebastian Junger
Publisher: Twelve
Description: The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.”
Currently ranked 19 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/books/20newly.html
ISBN: 9780446556248 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
Title: MORE DAVIDS THAN GOLIATHS.
Author: Harold Ford
Publisher: Crown
Description:
Currently ranked 20 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9780307408389 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)
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