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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 30, 2011
1. 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>1.</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.
2. 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>2. </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.
3. Seriously...I'm Kidding - by Ellen DeGeneres
Publisher: Grand Central
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share <span class=number>3. </span>Seriously...I ISBN-13: 9780446585026
 ISBN-10: 0446585025
A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host.
4. 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>4.</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.
5. 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>5.</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.
6. 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>6.</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.
7. 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>7. </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.
8. 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>8.</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.
9. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness & the Murder of a President - by Candice Millard
Publisher: Doubleday
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
Share <span class=number>9.</span> Destiny of the Republic%3a A Tale of Medicine, Madness & the Murder of a President ISBN-13: 9780385526265
 ISBN-10: 0385526261
The life and death by assassination (and medical malpractice) of President James A. Garfield.
10. A Stolen Life: A Memoir - by Jaycee Dugard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> A Stolen Life%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9781451629187
 ISBN-10: 1451629184
A woman tells of being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife.
11. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World - by Daniel Yergin
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
Share <span class=number>11.</span> The Quest%3a Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World ISBN-13: 9781594202834
 ISBN-10: 1594202834
How the need for energy -- especially, but not only, oil -- drives global political and economic change.
12. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend - by Susan Orlean
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> Rin Tin Tin%3a The Life and the Legend ISBN-13: 9781439190135
 ISBN-10: 1439190135
The German shepherd's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international celebrity.
13. Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President - by Ron Suskind
Publisher: Harper
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
Share <span class=number>13.</span> Confidence Men%3a Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President ISBN-13: 9780061429255
 ISBN-10: 0061429252
President Obama and his advisers, often at odds with one another, respond to the economic crisis.
14. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - by Steven Pinker
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share <span class-number>14. </span>The Better Angels of Our Nature%3a Why Violence Has Declined ISBN-13: 9780670022953
 ISBN-10: 0670022950
The Harvard psychologist argues that we are living in the most peaceable period of human existence, thanks to developments -- government, literacy, trade -- that make it possible for people to control their violent impulses.
15. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - by Stephen Greenblatt
Publisher: W.W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/26/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> The Swerve%3a How the World Became Modern ISBN-13: 9780393064476
 ISBN-10: 0393064476
A Renaissance book hunter rediscovered Lucretius' classic On the Nature of Things and kept it from disappearing.

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A version of this list appears in the October 30, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 15, 2011.

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