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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers January 13, 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 journalist celebrates Jefferson's skills as a practical politician.
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. 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. 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>5. </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.
6. 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>6.</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.
7. 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>7. </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.
8. 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>8. </span>Bruce%3a The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising ISBN-13: 9781439191828
 ISBN-10: 1439191824
A biography of Bruce Springsteen traces his climb from a working-class childhood to success and fame.
9. 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>9. </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.
10. Behind the Beautiful Forevers - by Katherine Boo
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/07/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Behind the Beautiful Forevers ISBN-13: 9781400067558
 ISBN-10: 1400067553
A journalist reports on families striving for better lives in a Mumbai slum.
11. 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>11. </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.
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. 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>13. </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.
14. 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>14. </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 covers the period from World War II until his death in 1965.
15. The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy - by David Nasaw
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>15. </span>The Patriarch%3a The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy ISBN-13: 9781594203763
 ISBN-10: 1594203768
The life and times of Joseph P. Kennedy.
16. 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>16.</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.

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A version of this list appears in the January 13, 2013 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending December 29, 2012.

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