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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 2, 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. 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>2.</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.
3. 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>3.</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.
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. A Stolen Life: A Memoir - by Jaycee Dugard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2011
Share <span class=number>5.</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.
6. Pearl Jam Twenty - by Pearl Jam
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/13/2011
Share <span class=number>6.</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.
7. 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>7.</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.
8. 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>8.</span> Here Comes Trouble%3a Stories from My Life ISBN-13: 9780446532242
 ISBN-10: 044653224X
Stories from the life of the provocative filmmaker.
9. 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>9.</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.
10. Arguably: Essays - by Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Twelve
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> Arguably%3a Essays ISBN-13: 9781455502776
 ISBN-10: 1455502774
From Hitchens, a collection of essays bearing "the full consciousness that they might be my very last."
11. Bossypants - by Tina Fey
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>11.</span> Bossypants ISBN-13: 9780316056861
 ISBN-10: 0316056863
A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.
12. Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius - by Sylvia Nasar
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/13/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> Grand Pursuit%3a The Story of Economic Genius ISBN-13: 9780684872988
 ISBN-10: 0684872986
The making of modern economics, told through the lives of economists, by the author of A Beautiful Mind.
13. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created - by Charles C. Mann
Publisher: Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/09/2011
Share <span class=number>13.</span> 1493%3a Uncovering the New World Columbus Created ISBN-13: 9780307265722
 ISBN-10: 0307265722
Picking up where 1491 left off, the author says that ecological encounters since Columbus have affected much of subsequent human history.
14. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness - by Alexandra Fuller
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</span> Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness ISBN-13: 9781594202995
 ISBN-10: 1594202990
Fuller's mother is at the center of this memoir set in Africa.
15. Life Itself: A Memoir - by Roger Ebert
Publisher: Grand Central
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/13/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Life Itself%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780446584975
 ISBN-10: 0446584975
The film critic's memoir.
16. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris - by David McCullough
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/24/2011
Share <span class=number>16.</span> The Greater Journey%3a Americans in Paris ISBN-13: 9781416571766
 ISBN-10: 1416571760
The historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.

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A version of this list appears in the October 2, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 17, 2011.

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