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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers February 19, 2012
1. 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
Share <span class=number>1. </span>American Sniper%3a The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History ISBN-13: 9780062082350
 ISBN-10: 0062082353
A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, his marriage, and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.
2. Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America - by Mark R. Levin
Publisher: Threshold Editions
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/17/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>Ameritopia%3a The Unmaking of America ISBN-13: 9781439173244
 ISBN-10: 1439173249
A talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation surveys the history of utopias and warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty.
3. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011
Share <span class=number>3.</span> Steve Jobs%3a A Biography ISBN-13: 9781451648539
 ISBN-10: 1451648537
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.
4. 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>4.</span> Killing Lincoln%3a The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever ISBN-13: 9780805093070
 ISBN-10: 0805093079
The heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
5. 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>5.</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.
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. Through My Eyes - by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/31/2011
Share <span class=number>7.</span> Through My Eyes ISBN-13: 9780062007285
 ISBN-10: 0062007289
The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.
8. Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share <span class=number>8.</span> Thinking, Fast and Slow ISBN-13: 9780374275631
 ISBN-10: 0374275637
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
9. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 - by Charles A. Murray
Publisher: Crown Forum
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/31/2012
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 ISBN-10: 0307453421
The author of The Bell Curve explores the state of white America, 1960-2010.
10. Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss - by RoseMarie Terenzio
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/24/2012
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 ISBN-10: 1439187673
Recollections of John F. Kennedy Jr. from his former personal assistant and confidante.
11. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch - by Sally Bedell Smith
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/10/2012
Share <span class=number>11.</span> Elizabeth the Queen%3a The Life of a Modern Monarch ISBN-13: 9781400067893
 ISBN-10: 1400067898
The public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II as she approaches her Diamond Jubilee.
12. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - by Erik Larson
Publisher: Crown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> In the Garden of Beasts%3a Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler ISBN-13: 9780307408846
 ISBN-10: 0307408841
William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
13. Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power - by Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher: Basic Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/24/2012
Share <span class=number>13.</span> Strategic Vision%3a America and the Crisis of Global Power ISBN-13: 9780465029549
 ISBN-10: 046502954X
President Carter’s national security adviser offers advice on how American foreign policy should respond to the shift in gravity from West to East.
14. Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry - by Dylan Ratigan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/10/2012
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 ISBN-10: 1451642229
The host of MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show proposes solutions to political and economic problems.
15. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman - by Robert K. Massie
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/08/2011
Share <span class=number>15. </span>Catherine the Great%3a Portrait of a Woman ISBN-13: 9780679456728
 ISBN-10: 0679456724
The life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias.

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A version of this list appears in the February 19, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 4, 2012.

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