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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 26, 2013
1. Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander - by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>1. </span> Happy, Happy, Happy%3a My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander ISBN-13: 9781476726090
 ISBN-10: 1476726094
The Duck Commander pays tribute to "faith, family and ducks."
2. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/11/2013
Share <span class=number>2. </span> Lean In%3a Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ISBN-13: 9780385349949
 ISBN-10: 0385349947
The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
3. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - by David Sedaris
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>3. </span> Let ISBN-13: 9780316154697
 ISBN-10: 0316154695
Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.
4. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation - by Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>4. </span> Cooked%3a A Natural History of Transformation ISBN-13: 9781594204210
 ISBN-10: 1594204217
The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of cooking will make Americans healthier.
5. Dad Is Fat - by Jim Gaffigan
Publisher: Crown Archetype
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>5. </span> Dad Is Fat ISBN-13: 9780385349055
 ISBN-10: 038534905X
Life with five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment.
6. Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir - by Amanda Knox
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/30/2013
Share <span class=number>6. </span> Waiting to Be Heard%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780062217202
 ISBN-10: 0062217208
Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.
7. The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Created a Dynasty - by Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/09/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span> The Duck Commander Family%3a How Faith, Family, and Ducks Created a Dynasty ISBN-13: 9781476703541
 ISBN-10: 147670354X
Behind the scenes at the A&E show Duck Dynasty.
8. Obsessed: America's Food Addiction -- and My Own - by Mika Brzezinski
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>8. </span> Obsessed%3a America ISBN-13: 9781602861763
 ISBN-10: 1602861765
The Morning Joe co-host discusses the obesity epidemic and her own struggles around food.
9. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution - by Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/30/2013
Share <span class=number>9. </span> Bunker Hill%3a A City, a Siege, a Revolution ISBN-13: 9780670025442
 ISBN-10: 0670025445
Eighteen months in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
10. Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World - by Bill O'Reilly
Publisher: Crown Archetype
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>10. </span> Keep It Pithy%3a Useful Observations in a Tough World ISBN-13: 9780385346627
 ISBN-10: 038534662X
A "highlight reel" of previous writings, updated, from the host of the O'Reilly Factor.
11. Mom & Me & Mom - by Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/02/2013
Share <span class=number>11. </span> Mom & Me & Mom ISBN-13: 9781400066117
 ISBN-10: 1400066115
The developing reconciliation between the poet and her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother at age 3.
12. Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story - by Carol Burnett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/09/2013
Share <span class=number>12. </span> Carrie and Me%3a A Mother-Daughter Love Story ISBN-13: 9781476706412
 ISBN-10: 1476706417
The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002.
13. My Beloved World - by Sonia Sotomayor
Publisher: Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/15/2013
Share <span class=number>13. </span> My Beloved World ISBN-13: 9780307594884
 ISBN-10: 0307594882
The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton and becoming a federal judge.
14. Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis - by Robert M. Edsel
Publisher: Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/06/2013
Share <span class=number>14. </span> Saving Italy%3a The Race to Rescue a Nation ISBN-13: 9780393082418
 ISBN-10: 0393082415
The Allied effort to prevent the retreating German Army from stealing the treasures of Italian art.
15. I'll See You Again - by Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>15. </span> I ISBN-13: 9781451674774
 ISBN-10: 1451674775
The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway.
16. 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>16. </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.

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A version of this list appears in the May 26, 2013 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 11, 2013.

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