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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers January 1, 2012
1. Steve Jobs: A Biography - by Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2011
Share <span class=number>1.</span> Steve Jobs%3a A Biography ISBN-13: 9781451648539
 ISBN-10: 1451648537
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.
2. 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>2.</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.
3. 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>3.</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.
4. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero - by Chris Matthews
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/2011
Share <span class=number>4. </span>Jack Kennedy%3a Elusive Hero ISBN-13: 9781451635089
 ISBN-10: 1451635087
An admiring portrait.
5. Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him - by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe
Publisher: Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/22/2011
Share <span class=number>5. </span>Being George Washington%3a The Indispensable Man, as You ISBN-13: 9781451659269
 ISBN-10: 1451659261
How Washington turned himself into the indispensable man.
6. Through My Eyes - by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/31/2011
Share <span class=number>6.</span> Through My Eyes ISBN-13: 9780062007285
 ISBN-10: 0062007289
The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.
7. Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share <span class=number>7.</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.
8. 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>8. </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.
9. Then Again - by Diane Keaton
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/15/2011
Share <span class=number>9. </span>Then Again ISBN-13: 9781400068784
 ISBN-10: 1400068789
The actress uses her mother's diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life.
10. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back - by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/2011
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Heaven Is for Real%3a A Little Boy ISBN-13: 9780849948367
 ISBN-10: 0849948363
A boy's encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy.
11. 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
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 ISBN-10: 0307408841
William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
12. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - by Michael Lewis
Publisher: W.W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/03/2011
Share <span class=number>12. </span>Boomerang%3a Travels in the New Third World ISBN-13: 9780393081817
 ISBN-10: 0393081818
A look at some of the places hardest hit by the recent financial collapse.
13. A History of the World in 100 Objects - by Neil MacGregor
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/27/2011
Share <span class=number>13. </span>A History of the World in 100 Objects ISBN-13: 9780670022700
 ISBN-10: 0670022705
British Museum curators attempt to tell the story of mankind through objects in the museum's collections.
14. Bossypants - by Tina Fey
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</span> Bossypants ISBN-13: 9780316056861
 ISBN-10: 0316056863
A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.
15. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President - by Candice Millard
Publisher: Doubleday
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Destiny of the Republic%3a A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President ISBN-13: 9780385526265
 ISBN-10: 0385526261
The life and death by assassination (and medical malpractice) of President James A. Garfield.
16. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy - by Jacqueline Kennedy; foreword by Caroline Kennedy; introduction by Michael Beschloss
Publisher: Hyperion
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2011
Share <span class=number>16.</span> Jacqueline Kennedy%3a Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy ISBN-13: 9781401324254
 ISBN-10: 1401324258
Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.

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A version of this list appears in the January 1, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending December 17, 2011.

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