Reading Radar
From the New York Times Bestseller Lists
Paperback Nonfiction
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#1
EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Elizabeth Gilbert
A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
On the bestsellers list for 185 weeks.
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#2
THREE CUPS OF TEA
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
On the bestsellers list for 186 weeks.
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#3
WHERE MEN WIN GLORY
Jon Krakauer
The story of Pat Tillman and the Army’s cover-up of his death by "friendly fire" in Afghanistan.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks.
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#4
MY HORIZONTAL LIFE
Chelsea Handler
A memoir of one-night stands.
On the bestsellers list for 95 weeks.
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#5
THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls
The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move.
On the bestsellers list for 181 weeks.
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#6
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler
Humorous personal essays from the comedian.
On the bestsellers list for 34 weeks.
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#7
MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS
Rhoda Janzen
Life’s detours send Janzen back to the Mennonite home where she was raised.
On the bestsellers list for 19 weeks.
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#8
FREAKONOMICS
Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
On the bestsellers list for 52 weeks.
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#9
THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell
A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
On the bestsellers list for 307 weeks.
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#10
ZEITOUN
Dave Eggers
The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.
On the bestsellers list for 10 weeks.
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#11
I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL
Tucker Max
Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
On the bestsellers list for 147 weeks.
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#12
A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah
A former child soldier describes a killing spree and his return to humanity.
On the bestsellers list for 40 weeks.
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#13
THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan
Tracking food from soil to plate.
On the bestsellers list for 142 weeks.
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#14
LIT
Mary Karr
A poet’s memoir of motherhood, troubled marriage, alcoholism and depression; a sequel to "The Liars’ Club."
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks.
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#15
SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME
Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent
The unlikely friendship between a homeless drifter and a successful art dealer who meet at a shelter in Texas.
On the bestsellers list for 90 weeks.
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#16
BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell
Instinct in the workings of the mind.
On the bestsellers list for 149 weeks.
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#18
THE BLACK SWAN
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The hubris of predictions — and our perpetual surprise when the not-predicted happens.
On the bestsellers list for 15 weeks.
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#19
A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Howard Zinn
An account from the point of view of women, African-Americans and others who are often marginalized.
On the bestsellers list for 14 weeks.
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#20
HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
A case for viewing women’s equality as the "paramount moral challenge" of our era.
On the bestsellers list for 11 weeks.
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