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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 9, 2011
1. 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>1.</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.
2. 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>2.</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.
3. 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>3.</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.
4. 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>4.</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.
5. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir - by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney
Publisher: Threshold Editions
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/30/2011
Share <span class=number>5.</span> In My Time%3a A Personal and Political Memoir ISBN-13: 9781439176191
 ISBN-10: 1439176191
The former vice president opens up about his life and nearly four decades at the core of American politics.
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. 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>7.</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.
8. A Stolen Life: A Memoir - by Jaycee Dugard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2011
Share <span class=number>8.</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.
9. Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life - by Michael Moore
Publisher: Grand Central
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/13/2011
Share <span class=number>9.</span> Here Comes Trouble%3a Stories from My Life ISBN-13: 9780446532242
 ISBN-10: 044653224X
Stories from the life of the provocative filmmaker.
10. The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin - by Joe McGinniss
Publisher: Crown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> The Rogue%3a Searching for the Real Sarah Palin ISBN-13: 9780307718921
 ISBN-10: 0307718921
McGinniss moved to Wasilla to report on the career of Sarah Palin.
11. 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>11.</span> In the Garden of Beasts%3a Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler ISBN-13: 9780307408846
 ISBN-10: 0307408841
This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party concentrates on William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
12. Pearl Jam Twenty - by Pearl Jam
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/13/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> Pearl Jam Twenty ISBN-13: 9781439169216
 ISBN-10: 1439169217
Two decades of reminiscences, set lists, and photographs from the Seattle band and their friends.
13. 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>13.</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.
14. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength - by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</span> Willpower%3a Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength ISBN-13: 9781594203077
 ISBN-10: 1594203075
Baumeister and Tierney set out to revolutionize our understanding of the virtue of self-control.
15. Bossypants - by Tina Fey
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Bossypants ISBN-13: 9780316056861
 ISBN-10: 0316056863
A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.
16. The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda - by Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/12/2011
Share <span class=number>16.</span> The Black Banners%3a 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda ISBN-13: 9780393079425
 ISBN-10: 0393079422
Rivalry and dysfunction among counterintelligence agencies made it impossible to stop the 9/11 plot, according to this former F.B.I. agent.

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A version of this list appears in the October 9, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 24, 2011.

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