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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers January 20, 2013
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt
 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. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power - by Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>Thomas Jefferson%3a The Art of Power ISBN-13: 9781400067664
 ISBN-10: 1400067669
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer celebrates Jefferson's skills as a practical politician.
3. The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? - by Jared Diamond
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/31/2012
Share <span class=number>3.</span> The World Until Yesterday%3a What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? ISBN-13: 9780670024810
 ISBN-10: 0670024813
The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel examines what we can learn from traditional societies.
4. 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>4. </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.
5. 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>5.</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.
6. Behind the Beautiful Forevers - by Katherine Boo
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/07/2012
Share <span class=number>6. </span>Behind the Beautiful Forevers ISBN-13: 9781400067558
 ISBN-10: 1400067553
A journalist reports on families striving for better lives in a Mumbai slum.
7. 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>7. </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.
8. 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>8. </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.
9. 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>9. </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.
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 Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It - by Charles Duhigg
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/2012
Share <span class=number>11. </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.
12. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II - by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/31/2012
Share <span class=number>12.</span> A Higher Call%3a An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II ISBN-13: 9780425252864
 ISBN-10: 0425252868
An encounter between two pilots, an American and a German, in the skies over Germany in December 1943.
13. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - by Susan Cain
Publisher: Crown Publishers
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/24/2012
Share <span class=number>13.</span> Quiet%3a The Power of Introverts in a World That Can ISBN-13: 9780307352149
 ISBN-10: 0307352145
Introverts -- one-third of the population -- are undervalued in American society.
14. Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road - by Willie Nelson
Publisher: William Morrow
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>14. </span>Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die%3a Musings From the Road ISBN-13: 9780062193643
 ISBN-10: 0062193643
The musician muses on family, friends, Texas, and life on the road.
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. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity - by Andrew Solomon
Publisher: Scribner
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>16. </span>Far From the Tree%3a Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity ISBN-13: 9780743236713
 ISBN-10: 0743236718
The difficulties and triumphs of families dealing with exceptional children.

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A version of this list appears in the January 20, 2013 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 5, 2012.

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