The New York Times Best Sellers - Trade Paperback Nonfiction

New York Times® Best Sellers: Paperback Nonfiction February 14, 2010
	1. THE BLIND SIDE by Michael Lewis The evolving business of football, viewed through the rise of the left tackle Michael Oher.
	*2. THE LOST CITY OF Z** by David Grann A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who was lost in the Amazon in 1925.
	3. THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
	4. A PEOPLE''S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn An account from the point of view of women, African-Americans and others who are often marginalized.
	*5. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA** by Chelsea Handler Humorous personal essays from the comedian.
	6. EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self.
	7. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD by Michael Pollan A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
	8. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL by Tucker Max Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
	9. THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan Tracking food from soil to plate.
	10. THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
	11. FREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
	*12. THE GLASS CASTLE** by Jeannette Walls The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings were constantly on the move. (†)
	13. SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent An unlikely friendship begins at a shelter in Texas.
	14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Tracy Kidder A portrait of Dr. Paul Farmer, who works with the Haitian poor.
	15. BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell Instinct in the workings of the mind.
	16. HOW WE DECIDE by Jonah Lehrer Learning more about how we think can help us make better decisions.
	17. MY HORIZONTAL LIFE by Chelsea Handler A memoir of one-night stands.
	18. THE VALUE OF NOTHING by Raj Patel How we can rebalance society, limit markets and develop new ways of seeing the world.
	19. ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Helping animals have better lives.
	20. MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme How Julia Child mastered the art of French cooking: a memoir.

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