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Bestseller List for October 11, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending October 7, 2012
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Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot- Debut Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668 A look at the shocking events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. |
/1 |
2. | No Easy Day Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722 A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid by a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. |
1/5 |
3. | America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't- Debut Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978 Colbert's hilarious follow-up to I Am America (And So Can You!). |
/1 |
4. | Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466 An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young. |
3/2 |
5. | Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736 Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/29 |
6. | Joseph Anton Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786 Rushdie's memoir of his life "underground" following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. |
4/3 |
7. | I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585 In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. |
6/8 |
8. | Mortality Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752 Hitchens, who died in December 2011, poignantly describes the torments of illness and how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us. |
5/6 |
9. | The Oath Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200 Toobin's insightful look at the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. |
9/3 |
10. | The End of Your Life Book Club- Debut Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25, 9780307594037 Schwalbe's moving memoir of loss and love is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
11. | How Children Succeed Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654 Tough examines how character plays a role in why some children succeed and others fail. |
13/3 |
12. | How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531 Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power. |
8/6 |
13. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
10/99 |
14. | Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557 Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away. |
11/19 |
15. | The Price of Politics Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102 Woodward looks at how President Obama and Congressional leaders attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition. |
7/4 |
ON THE RISE | ||
16. | Total Recall Arnold Schwarzenegger, S&S, $35, 9781451662436 An autobiography by the popular actor and former governor of California. |
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