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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 7, 2012
1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL - by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
Publisher: Dutton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2012
Share <span class=number>1. </span>No Easy Day%3a The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden%3a The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL ISBN-13: 9780525953722
 ISBN-10: 0525953728
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden.
2. The Price of Politics - by Bob Woodward
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/11/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>The Price of Politics ISBN-13: 9781451651102
 ISBN-10: 1451651104
Inside the debt-ceiling negotiations of 2011 with the Washington Post journalist.
3. Joseph Anton: A Memoir - by Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/18/2012
Share <span class=number>3. </span>Joseph Anton%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780812992786
 ISBN-10: 0812992784
The novelist's life for nearly ten years under the Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence for writing The Satanic Verses.
4. 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>4. </span> Killing Lincoln%3a The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever ISBN-13: 9780805093070
 ISBN-10: 0805093079
The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
5. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court - by Jeffrey Toobin
Publisher: Doubleday
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/18/2012
Share <span class=number>5. </span>The Oath%3a The Obama White House and the Supreme Court ISBN-13: 9780385527200
 ISBN-10: 0385527209
The ideological battles between President Obama and the Supreme Court.
6. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character - by Paul Tough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/04/2012
Share <span class=number>6. </span>How Children Succeed%3a Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character ISBN-13: 9780547564654
 ISBN-10: 0547564651
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence.
7. The Amateur - by Edward Klein
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/15/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span>The Amateur ISBN-13: 9781596987852
 ISBN-10: 1596987855
A journalist argues that President Obama is unable to lead.
8. Life After Death - by Damien Echols
Publisher: Blue Rider Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/18/2012
Share <span class=number>8. </span>Life After Death ISBN-13: 9780399160202
 ISBN-10: 0399160205
The boyhood and prison life of a man who was released last year after serving 17 years on a wrongful conviction for the murder of three boys in Arkansas.
9. 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>9.</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 after his bomber went down over the Pacific.
10. Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream - by Dinesh D'Souza
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/13/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Obama ISBN-13: 9781596987784
 ISBN-10: 1596987782
An argument that President Obama is the architect of American decline.
11. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - by Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/2012
Share <span class=number>11. </span>Wild%3a From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail ISBN-13: 9780307592736
 ISBN-10: 0307592731
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.
12. Mortality - by Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Twelve
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/04/2012
Share <span class=number>12. </span>Mortality ISBN-13: 9781455502752
 ISBN-10: 1455502758
Reports and reflections on his illness and impending death by the writer, who died in December 2011.
13. The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate - by Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/11/2012
Share <span class=number>13. </span>The Revenge of Geography%3a What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate ISBN-13: 9781400069835
 ISBN-10: 1400069831
Predicting the next cycle of conflict on the basis of temperature and topography.
14. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It - by Charles Duhigg
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/2012
Share <span class=number>14. </span>The Power of Habit%3a Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It ISBN-13: 9781400069286
 ISBN-10: 1400069289
A Times reporter's account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
15. I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High - by Tony Danza
Publisher: Crown Archetype
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/11/2012
Share <span class=number>15. </span>I ISBN-13: 9780307887863
 ISBN-10: 0307887863
The TV star's experience as a beginning teacher in Philadelphia in 2009.
16. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo - by Tom Reiss
Publisher: Crown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/18/2012
Share <span class=number>16. </span>The Black Count%3a Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo ISBN-13: 9780307382467
 ISBN-10: 030738246X
A biography of the first Alexandre Dumas, a mixed-race general of the French Revolution.

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A version of this list appears in the October 7, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 22, 2012.

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