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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 27, 2012
1. The Passage of Power - by Robert A. Caro
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
Share <span class=number>1. </span>The Passage of Power ISBN-13: 9780679405078
 ISBN-10: 0679405070
From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the 4th volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake - by Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/24/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake ISBN-13: 9781400069347
 ISBN-10: 1400069343
The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.
3. Screwed! How Foreign Countries are Ripping America Off and Plundering our Economy -- And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It - by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Publisher: Broadside/HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/08/2012
Share <span class=number>3. </span>Screwed! How Foreign Countries are Ripping America Off and Plundering our Economy -- And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It ISBN-13: 9780062196699
 ISBN-10: 0062196693
How foreign countries take our jobs and misuse our aid.
4. Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture - by Andy Cohen
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/08/2012
Share <span class=number>4. </span>Most Talkative%3a Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture ISBN-13: 9780805095838
 ISBN-10: 0805095837
The Bravo executive vice president who oversees Top Chef and The Real Housewives looks back on his career.
5. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 - by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/24/2012
Share <span class=number>5. </span>Prague Winter%3a A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 ISBN-13: 9780062030313
 ISBN-10: 0062030310
The former secretary of state describes her family's life in Europe before their move to the United States in 1948.
6. 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>6.</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.
7. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power - by Rachel Maddow
Publisher: Crown Publishers
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span>Drift%3a The Unmooring of American Military Power 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.
8. My Cross to Bear - by Gregg Allman with Alan Light
Publisher: William Morrow
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
Share <span class=number>8. </span>My Cross to Bear ISBN-13: 9780062112033
 ISBN-10: 0062112031
The musician's memoir.
9. Service: A Navy SEAL at War - by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/08/2012
Share <span class=number>9. </span>Service%3a A Navy SEAL at War ISBN-13: 9780316185363
 ISBN-10: 0316185361
A Navy SEALs member who was rescued in Afghanistan describes his experience in Iraq.
10. Imagine: How Creativity Works - by Jonah Lehrer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/19/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Imagine%3a How Creativity Works 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.
11. 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
Share <span class=number>11.</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.
12. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir - by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012
Share <span class=number>12. </span>Mrs. Kennedy and Me%3a An Intimate Memoir ISBN-13: 9781451648447
 ISBN-10: 1451648448
Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.
13. The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity - by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/17/2012
Share <span class=number>13.</span> The Presidents Club%3a Inside the World ISBN-13: 9781439127704
 ISBN-10: 1439127700
Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting presidents and their predecessors.
14. 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
Share <span class=number>14. </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.
15. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Steve Jobs%3a A Biography ISBN-13: 9781451648539
 ISBN-10: 1451648537
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.
16. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) - by Jenny Lawson
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/17/2012
Share <span class=number>16.</span> Let ISBN-13: 9780399159015
 ISBN-10: 0399159010
A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.

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A version of this list appears in the May 27, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 12, 2012.

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