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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers November 13, 2011
1. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011
Share <span class=number>1.</span> Steve Jobs%3a A Biography ISBN-13: 9781451648539
 ISBN-10: 1451648537
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
2. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2011
Share <span class=number>2.</span> Killing Lincoln%3a The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever ISBN-13: 9780805093070
 ISBN-10: 0805093079
The commentator looks at the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
3. Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share <span class=number>3.</span> Thinking, Fast and Slow ISBN-13: 9780374275631
 ISBN-10: 0374275637
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
4. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - by Michael Lewis
Publisher: W.W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/03/2011
Share <span class=number>4. </span>Boomerang%3a Travels in the New Third World ISBN-13: 9780393081817
 ISBN-10: 0393081818
A look at some of the places -- Greece, Ireland, Iceland -- hardest hit by the financial collapse of 2008, and at how it happened.
5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - by Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/16/2010
Share <span class=number>5.</span> Unbroken%3a A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ISBN-13: 9781400064168
 ISBN-10: 1400064163
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
6. Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football - by John U. Bacon
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share <span class=number>6.</span> Three and Out%3a Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football ISBN-13: 9780809094660
 ISBN-10: 0809094665
An account of Rich Rodriguez's experiences as the coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
7. The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, a Widow's New Life - by Stephanie Madoff Mack
Publisher: Blue Rider Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/20/2011
Share <span class=number>7.</span> The End of Normal%3a A Wife ISBN-13: 9780399158162
 ISBN-10: 0399158162
The widow of Bernard Madoff's son Mark, who committed suicide, describes the effect on her family of the revelation of the senior Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
8. Seriously...I'm Kidding - by Ellen DeGeneres
Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share <span class=number>8. </span>Seriously...I ISBN-13: 9780446585026
 ISBN-10: 0446585025
A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host.
9. This Is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House - by Herman Cain
Publisher: Threshold Editions
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share <span class=number>9. </span>This Is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House ISBN-13: 9781451666137
 ISBN-10: 1451666136
The life and views of the Republican presidential candidate and former C.E.O. of Godfather's Pizza.
10. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy - by Jacqueline Kennedy; foreword by Caroline Kennedy; introduction by Michael Beschloss
Publisher: Hyperion Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> Jacqueline Kennedy%3a Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy ISBN-13: 9781401324254
 ISBN-10: 1401324258
Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.
11. Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? - by Patrick J. Buchanan
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/18/2011
Share <span class=number>11. </span>Suicide of a Superpower%3a Will America Survive to 2025? ISBN-13: 9780312579975
 ISBN-10: 0312579977
How the death of faith has accelerated American decline.
12. West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life - by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/19/2011
Share <span class=number>12. </span>West by West%3a My Charmed, Tormented Life ISBN-13: 9780316053495
 ISBN-10: 031605349X
The N.B.A. All-Star reveals his struggles with anger and depression.
13. That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back - by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/05/2011
Share <span class=number>13.</span> That Used to Be Us%3a How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back ISBN-13: 9780374288907
 ISBN-10: 0374288909
How America fell behind in the world it invented, and how it can come back.
14. Van Gogh: The Life - by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/18/2011
Share <span class=number>14. </span>Van Gogh%3a The Life ISBN-13: 9780375507489
 ISBN-10: 0375507485
A biography of the artist.
15. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - by Erik Larson
Publisher: Crown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> In the Garden of Beasts%3a Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler ISBN-13: 9780307408846
 ISBN-10: 0307408841
William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.

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A version of this list appears in the November 13, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 29, 2011.

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