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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
October 5, 2014
1. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team

Six C.I.A. contract employees discuss their experience during the attack on the State Department compound and the nearby C.I.A. station called the "annex" in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
2. What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe

Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.
3. World Order
by Henry Kissinger

The elder statesman offers a view of how to build an international order in today's world.
4. Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel
by David Limbaugh

The lawyer and political commentator uses his legal training to evaluate, and affirm, the truthfulness of the Bible.
5. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein

The journalist, author of The Shock Doctorine, makes the case for the existence of climate change and argues that the market cannot solve the crisis.
6. The Roosevelts:  An Intimate History
by Geoffrey C. Ward qnd Ken Burns

A companion volume to the PBS series examines the lives of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin.
7. One Nation: What We Can Do to Save America's Future
by Ben Carson with Candy Carson

Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems.
8. Diary of a Mad Diva
by Joan Rivers

Humorous reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities.
9. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
by Sam Harris

The author of The End of Faith proposes that spirituality can and should be divorced from religion.
10. UnPHILtered: The Way I See It
by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach

What the Duck Commander (from the A&E show Duck Dynasty) really thinks about various topics.
11. Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
by Lawrence Wright

A day-by-day account of Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David in 1978.
12. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides

An 1879 polar voyage gone terribly wrong.
13. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
by Daniel J. Levitin

A professor draws on research in neuroscience to explain how organization can help us manage information in our lives.
14. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty

A young woman takes a job at a crematory.
15. America: Imagine A World Without Her
by Dinesh D'Souza

A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished; also a documentary film.
16. Off The Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
by Kirsten Gillibrand with Elizabeth Weil

The New York senator tells her personal story and urges women to become more involved in politics.
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A version of this list appears in the October 5, 2014 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 20, 2014.


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