Reading Radar

From the New York Times Bestseller Lists

Hardcover Nonfiction

  • #1

    NO APOLOGY

    Mitt Romney

    The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate calls for economic and civic­ ­revitalization. (†)

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #2

    LIFT

    Kelly Corrigan

    Stories about parenting, written as a letter to the author’s daughters.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #3

    GAME CHANGE

    John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

    Behind the scenes at the 2008 election with Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John and Elizabeth Edwards, John McCain and Sarah Palin.

    On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks.

  • #4

    NOT WITHOUT HOPE

    Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman

    A man survives a deep-sea fishing trip gone terribly wrong.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #5

    THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

    Rebecca Skloot

    Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.

    On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.

  • #6

    NO ONE WOULD LISTEN

    Harry Markopolos with others

    The man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff and was ignored.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #7

    THE PACIFIC

    Hugh Ambrose

    Stories of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion volume for an HBO mini-series.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #8

    WILLIE MAYS

    James S Hirsch

    The life and career of a baseball legend.

    On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks.

  • #9

    THE POLITICIAN

    Andrew Young

    A tell-all by John Edwards’s closest aide.

    On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks.

  • #10

    OUTLIERS

    Malcolm Gladwell

    Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”

    On the bestsellers list for 68 weeks.

  • #11

    SON OF HAMAS

    Mosab Hassan Yousef with Ron Brackin

    The son of a Hamas founder converts to Christianity and emigrates to the United States.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #12

    I AM OZZY

    Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres

    Recollections of heavy metal’s “Prince of Darkness.”

    On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks.

  • #13

    THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO

    Atul Gawande

    Following checklists makes surgery safer and other activities more efficient, a doctor argues.

    On the bestsellers list for 9 weeks.

  • #14

    MAKING ROUNDS WITH OSCAR

    David Dosa

    A nursing-home cat who comforts patients when death is near.

    On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.

  • #15

    STONES INTO SCHOOLS

    Greg Mortenson

    Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where “Three Cups of Tea” left off.

    On the bestsellers list for 14 weeks.

  • #16

    HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

    Mitch Albom

    A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

    On the bestsellers list for 0 week.

  • #17

    CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY

    Daniel G Amen

    On the bestsellers list for 0 week.

  • #18

    DRIVE

    Daniel H Pink

    What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards.

    On the bestsellers list for 0 week.

  • #19

    COMMITTED

    Elizabeth Gilbert

    The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.

    On the bestsellers list for 0 week.

  • #20

    SUPERFREAKONOMICS

    Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner

    A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.

    On the bestsellers list for 0 week.

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