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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 20, 2012
1. The Passage of Power - by Robert A. Caro
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
Share <span class=number>1. </span>The Passage of Power ISBN-13: 9780679405078
 ISBN-10: 0679405070
From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the fourth volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
2. My Cross to Bear - by Gregg Allman with Alan Light
Publisher: William Morrow
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>My Cross to Bear ISBN-13: 9780062112033
 ISBN-10: 0062112031
The musician's memoir.
3. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake - by Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/24/2012
Share <span class=number>3. </span>Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake ISBN-13: 9781400069347
 ISBN-10: 1400069343
The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.
4. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 - by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/24/2012
Share <span class=number>4. </span>Prague Winter%3a A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 ISBN-13: 9780062030313
 ISBN-10: 0062030310
The former secretary of state describes her family's life in Czechoslovakia, where she was born; their exile in London during World War II; their return to their homeland after the war; and their final move to the United States in 1948.
5. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It - by Charles Duhigg
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/2012
Share <span class=number>5. </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.
6. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power - by Rachel Maddow
Publisher: Crown Publishers
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012
Share <span class=number>6. </span>Drift%3a The Unmooring of American Military Power ISBN-13: 9780307460981
 ISBN-10: 0307460983
America's path to war has become too easy, with excessive power ceded to the executive branch, the MSNBC host argues.
7. Imagine: How Creativity Works - by Jonah Lehrer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/19/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span>Imagine%3a How Creativity Works ISBN-13: 9780547386072
 ISBN-10: 0547386079
An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a thought process that can be learned.
8. The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity - by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/17/2012
Share <span class=number>8.</span> The Presidents Club%3a Inside the World ISBN-13: 9781439127704
 ISBN-10: 1439127700
Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting presidents and their predecessors.
9. 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>9.</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 heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
10. Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad - by Peter L. Bergen
Publisher: Crown Publishers
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Manhunt%3a The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad ISBN-13: 9780307955579
 ISBN-10: 0307955575
The ten-year search for Osama bin Laden.
11. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - by Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/16/2010
Share <span class=number>11.</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.
12. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) - by Jenny Lawson
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/17/2012
Share <span class=number>12.</span> Let ISBN-13: 9780399159015
 ISBN-10: 0399159010
A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.
13. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir - by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012
Share <span class=number>13. </span>Mrs. Kennedy and Me%3a An Intimate Memoir ISBN-13: 9781451648447
 ISBN-10: 1451648448
Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.
14. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</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.
15. End This Depression Now! - by Paul Krugman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/30/2012
Share <span class=number>15. </span>End This Depression Now! ISBN-13: 9780393088779
 ISBN-10: 0393088774
The Nobel-winning economist and New York Times columnist argues that government spending is necessary to jump-start the economy and create growth.
16. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods - by Hank Haney
Publisher: Crown Archetype
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012
Share <span class=number>16. </span>The Big Miss%3a My Years Coaching Tiger Woods ISBN-13: 9780307985989
 ISBN-10: 0307985989
The golf coach's memoir describes his six eventful years with Tiger Woods.

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A version of this list appears in the May 20, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 5, 2012.

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