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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers November 25, 2012
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/02/2012
Share <span class=number>1. </span>Killing Kennedy%3a The End of Camelot ISBN-13: 9780805096668
 ISBN-10: 0805096663
The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL - by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
Publisher: Dutton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>No Easy Day%3a The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden%3a The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL ISBN-13: 9780525953722
 ISBN-10: 0525953728
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden.
3. 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>3. </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 events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail -- but Some Don't - by Nate Silver
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2012
Share <span class=number>4. </span>The Signal and the Noise%3a Why Most Predictions Fail -- but Some Don ISBN-13: 9781594204111
 ISBN-10: 159420411X
An examination of predictions, the ones that come true and the ones that don't.
5. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 - by William Manchester and Paul Reid
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/06/2012
Share <span class=number>5. </span>The Last Lion%3a Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 ISBN-13: 9780316547703
 ISBN-10: 0316547700
This biography of Winston Churchill, reaching from World War II until his death in 1965, stresses his courage, intellect, and will to action.
6. Bruce: The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising - by Peter Ames Carlin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/30/2012
Share <span class=number>6. </span>Bruce%3a The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising ISBN-13: 9781439191828
 ISBN-10: 1439191824
A biography of Bruce Springsteen looks at his family, his music, and his drive for fame and influence.
7. Hallucinations - by Oliver W. Sacks
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/06/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span>Hallucinations ISBN-13: 9780307957245
 ISBN-10: 0307957241
The renowned neurologist considers his parents' hallucinatory experiences, and his own.
8. America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't - by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al.
Publisher: Grand Central
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/02/2012
Share <span class=number>8. </span>America Again%3a Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren ISBN-13: 9780446583978
 ISBN-10: 0446583979
The mock pundit of Comedy Central's Colbert Report tells how to bring America back from the brink.
9. Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream - by Neil Young
Publisher: Blue Rider Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/25/2012
Share <span class=number>9. </span>Waging Heavy Peace%3a A Hippie Dream ISBN-13: 9780399159466
 ISBN-10: 0399159460
The rocker's memoir ranges over his personal life and his music, including his days with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
10. 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>10.</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.
11. The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today - by Thomas E. Ricks
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/30/2012
Share <span class=number>11. </span>The Generals%3a American Military Command from World War II to Today ISBN-13: 9781594204043
 ISBN-10: 1594204047
A history of American military command from World War II to the present.
12. Rod: The Autobiography - by Rod Stewart
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/23/2012
Share <span class=number>12. </span>Rod%3a The Autobiography ISBN-13: 9780449011270
 ISBN-10: 0449011275
The pop singer reminisces on his long career.
13. Custer - by Larry McMurtry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/06/2012
Share <span class=number>13. </span>Custer ISBN-13: 9781451626209
 ISBN-10: 1451626207
A biography of the general who fell at the Little Bighorn, by the author of Lonesome Dove.
14. Who I Am: A Memoir - by Pete Townshend
Publisher: Harper
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/08/2012
Share <span class=number>14. </span>Who I Am%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780062127242
 ISBN-10: 0062127241
The rocker's memoir.
15. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character - by Paul Tough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/04/2012
Share <span class=number>15. </span>How Children Succeed%3a Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character ISBN-13: 9780547564654
 ISBN-10: 0547564651
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence.
16. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - by Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/2012
Share <span class=number>16. </span>Wild%3a From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail ISBN-13: 9780307592736
 ISBN-10: 0307592731
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

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A version of this list appears in the November 25, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 10, 2012.

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