1 | 1 | KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | 3 | |
2 | 2 | BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis. (W. W. Norton & Company.) A look at some of the places — Greece, Ireland, Iceland — hardest hit by the financial collapse of 2008, and at how it happened. | 2 | |
3 | 4 | HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy. | 38 | |
4 | 6 | UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. | 38 | |
5 | 3 | SERIOUSLY ... I'M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres. (Grand Central Publishing.) A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host. | 2 | |
6 | KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain. (Bloomsbury Publishing.) A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. | 1 | ||
7 | 9 | THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown.) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. | 38 | |
8 | 7 | MONEYBALL, by Michael Lewis. (W. W. Norton & Company.) How Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, has produced successful teams despite having one of the smallest payrolls in baseball. | 5 | |
9 | 8 | JACQUELINE KENNEDY: HISTORIC CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY, . (Hyperion.) Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964. | 5 | |
10 | 12 | IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown.) This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the family of William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador there. | 23 | |
11 | 11 | A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. (Simon & Schuster.) A woman tells of being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife. | 14 | |
12 | 5 | THIS IS HERMAN CAIN!, by Herman Cain. (Threshold Editions.) The life and views of the Republican presidential candidate and former C.E.O. of Godfather’s Pizza. | 2 | |
13 | 10 | THAT USED TO BE US, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) How America fell behind in the world it invented, and how it can come back. | 6 | |
14 | 14 | DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, by Candice Millard. (Knopf Doubleday.) The life and death by assassination (and medical malpractice) of President James A. Garfield. | 4 | |
15 | 15 | BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Little, Brown.) A memoir from the former "Saturday Night Live" star and creator of "30 Rock." | 27 | |
Also Selling
16. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
17. CONFIDENCE MEN, by Ron Suskind (HarperCollins)
18. CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown)
19. THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE, by Steven Pinker (Penguin Group)
20. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Simon & Schuster)
21. IT'S SO EASY, by Duff McKagan (Touchstone)
22. THE SWERVE, by Stephen Greenblatt (Norton)
23. THE QUEST, by Daniel Yergin (Penguin Group)
24. IN MY TIME, by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney (Threshold Editions)
25. RIN TIN TIN, by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster)
26. MEMOIR OF A MILK CARTON KID, by Tanya Nicole Kach with Lawrence Fisher (Tate Publishing)
27. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis (Norton)
28. AUSCHWITZ, by Miklos Nyiszli (Skyhorse)
29. THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION, by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Random House)
30. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday)
31. WHY ME?, by Sarah Burleton (Sarah Burleton)
32. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne (Simon & Schuster)
33. THE BOY WHO CAME BACK FROM HEAVEN, by Kevin Malarkey and Alex Malarkey (Tyndale)
34. SWEETNESS, by Jeff Pearlman (Penguin Group)
35. BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall (Knopf Doubleday)
About the Best Sellers
A version of this list appears in the October 30, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 15, 2011.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.
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