1. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power - by Rachel Maddow

Publisher: Crown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012

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.

2. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods - by Hank Haney

Publisher: Crown Archetype
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012

ISBN-13: 9780307985989
ISBN-10: 0307985989

The golf coach’s memoir describes his six eventful years with Tiger Woods.

3. Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America - by Michael Savage

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780062083975
ISBN-10: 006208397X

The radio host denounces President Obama’s domestic and foreign policies as tyranny.

4. Imagine: How Creativity Works - by Jonah Lehrer

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/19/2012

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.

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5. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir - by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin

Publisher: Gallery Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9781451648447
ISBN-10: 1451648448

Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.

6. 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

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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7. 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

ISBN-13: 9780805093070
ISBN-10: 0805093079

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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8. 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

ISBN-13: 9781400069286
ISBN-10: 1400069289

A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.

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9. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780062082350
ISBN-10: 0062082353

A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his battlefield experiences.

10. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011

ISBN-13: 9781451648539
ISBN-10: 1451648537

A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.

11. Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected -- A Memoir - by Kelle Hampton

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780062045034
ISBN-10: 0062045032

A mother’s account of the first year of life with a baby with Down syndrome.

12. Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift - by Harvey Araton

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780547746722
ISBN-10: 0547746725

The relationship between Yankees pitching great Ron Guidry and the Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra at the team’s spring training in Tampa.

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13. 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

ISBN-13: 9781400064168
ISBN-10: 1400064163

An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

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14. Heaven is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy - by Stephanie Nielson

Publisher: Voice/Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9781401341794
ISBN-10: 1401341799

A woman who blogs about her life as a mother, wife, and Mormon describes how she and her husband recovered from a terrible plane crash with optimism and faith.

15. Rebuild the Dream - by Van Jones

Publisher: Nation Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9781568587141
ISBN-10: 1568587147

A former green jobs adviser to President Obama argues that the middle class must be preserved and strengthened.

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A version of this list appears in the April 22, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 7, 2012.