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Hardcover Nonfiction list for February 2, 2012,
for sales ending January 29, 2012.
Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.
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1. Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson (S&S, ISBN: 9781451648539);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: 14
"Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years."
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2. Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House, ISBN: 9781400064168);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: *
"An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit."
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3. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain (Crown, ISBN: 9780307352149);
Weeks on List: 1
"Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves."
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4. Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman (FSG, ISBN: 9780374275631);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: 10
"Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think."
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5. Killing Lincoln
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard (Holt, ISBN: 9780805093070);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: 18
"A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln."
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6. Ameritopia
by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions, ISBN: 9781439173244);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: 2
"The latest by the popular conservative talk show host."
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7. American Sniper
by Chris Kyle, et al. (Morrow, ISBN: 9780062082350);
Last week: 13;
Weeks on List: 2
"An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history."
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8. Goodnight iPad
by Ann Droyd (Blue Rider, ISBN: 9780399158568);
Last week: 9;
Weeks on List: 13
"This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day."
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9. Go the F**k to Sleep
by Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.) (Akashic, ISBN: 9781617750250);
Last week: 11;
Weeks on List: 35
"Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children!"
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10. Catherine the Great
by Robert K. Massie (Random House, ISBN: 9780679456728);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: 12
"Pulitzer Prize–winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history."
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11. In the Garden of Beasts
by Erik Larson (Crown, ISBN: 9780307408846);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 38
"Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign."
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12. Elizabeth the Queen
by Sally Bedell Smith (Random House, ISBN: 9781400067893);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 3
"A fascinating close-up view of the life of Queen Elizabeth II."
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13. The End of Illness
by M.D., David B. Agus (Free Press, ISBN: 9781451610178);
Last week: 12;
Weeks on List: 2
"A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking."
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14. The Obamas
by Jodi Kantor (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316098755);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: 3
"Kantor's intimate portrait of the president and first lady."
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15. Arguably
by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve, ISBN: 9781455502776);
Weeks on List: 5
"A collection of essays by the popular political and social commentator."
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