Reading Radar
From the New York Times Bestseller Lists
Paperback Nonfiction
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#1
A PATRIOT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
America as a "city on a hill."
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks.
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#2
THE LOST CITY OF Z
David Grann
A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disappeared in the Amazon in 1925.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks.
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#3
THE BLIND SIDE
Michael Lewis
The evolving business of football, viewed through the rise of the left tackle Michael Oher.
On the bestsellers list for 23 weeks.
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#4
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 162 weeks.
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#5
THE SURVIVORS CLUB
Ben Sherwood
True stories of how faith, luck and genetics play into the ability to overcome adversity.
On the bestsellers list for 4 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 10 weeks.
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#7
MY HORIZONTAL LIFE
Chelsea Handler
A memoir of one-night stands.
On the bestsellers list for 71 weeks.
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#8
THE TIPPING POINT
Malcolm Gladwell
A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
On the bestsellers list for 283 weeks.
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#9
BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell
Instinct in the workings of the mind.
On the bestsellers list for 125 weeks.
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#10
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 161 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 127 weeks.
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#12
FREAKONOMICS
Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
On the bestsellers list for 28 weeks.
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#13
90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.
On the bestsellers list for 169 weeks.
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#14
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan
A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
On the bestsellers list for 39 weeks.
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#15
COLUMBINE
Dave Cullen
A full account of the Columbine High School massacre.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#16
THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan
Tracking food from soil to plate.
On the bestsellers list for 127 weeks.
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#17
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 6 weeks.
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#18
THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls
The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move.
On the bestsellers list for 168 weeks.
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#19
EINSTEIN'S GOD
Krista Tippett
Conversations about science and spirituality, from the host of the public radio program "Speaking of Faith."
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#20
SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME
Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent
An unlikely friendship begins at a shelter in Texas.
On the bestsellers list for 72 weeks.
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