The New York Times Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

New York Times® Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction February 14, 2010
	1. GAME CHANGE by 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.
	2. I AM OZZY by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres Recollections of heavy metal’s “Prince of Darkness.”
	3. THE POLITICIAN by Andrew Young A tell-all by John Edwards’s closest aide.
	4. COMMITTED by Elizabeth Gilbert The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.
	5. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH by Mitch Albom A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
	6. OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”
	*7. STONES INTO SCHOOLS** by Greg Mortenson Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where “Three Cups of Tea” left off.
	8. JUST KIDS by Patti Smith The godmother of punk recalls her life with Robert Mapplethorpe and their yearnings for a life in art in the New York City of the 1960s and ’70s.
	9. COURTING DISASTER by Marc A. Thiessen “Enhanced interrogation” saved American lives and Obama is risking them, a Bush speechwriter says.
	*10. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO** by Atul Gawande Following checklists makes surgery safer and other activities more efficient, a doctor argues.
	11. GOING ROGUE by Sarah Palin A memoir by the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate.
	12. SUPERFREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
	*13. WHAT THE DOG SAW** by Malcolm Gladwell A decade of New Yorker essays.
	14. DRIVE by Daniel H. Pink What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards.
	15. OPEN by Andre Agassi The tennis champion’s autobiography.
	16. TOO BIG TO FAIL by Andrew Ross Sorkin The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.
	17. BORN TO RUN by Christopher McDougall Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
	18. FREEFALL by Joseph Stiglitz A Nobel Prize-winning economist criticizes the Obama administration’s economic policy from the left.
	19. EVIDENCE OF THE AFTERLIFE by Jeffrey Long with Paul Perry A radiation oncologist’s study of accounts of near-death experiences.
	20. INTELLECTUALS AND SOCIETY by Thomas Sowell How intellectuals shape public opinion.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Jan. 31, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

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	The Privileges Jonathan Dee Random House
	The Unnamed Joshua Ferris Reagan Arthur Books
	Committed Elizabeth Gilbert Viking Adult
	The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths Houghton Mifflin Harcourt