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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 20, 2010
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2010
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | Food Rules Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387 A guide to eating wisely by the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food. | 1/20 |
| 2. | Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469 Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and "manual competence." | 4/3 |
| 3. | Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252 An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. | 3/172 |
| 4. | Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder, Random House, $16, 9780812977615 The gripping story of Deo, a young man who fled the African nation of Burundi during the country's civil war. | 7/2 |
| 5. | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning. | 2/157 |
| 6. | Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257 A funny and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis. | 5/5 |
| 7. | The Lost City of Z David Grann, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400078455 This fascinating look at British explorer Percy Fawcett's 1925 Amazon expedition is now available in paperback. | 8/16 |
| 8. | The Girls From Ames Jeffrey Zaslow, Gotham, $16, 9781592405329 Zaslow's look at 11 childhood friends, now in their forties, who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. | 9/6 |
| 9. | The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. | 14/164 |
| 10. | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler, Simon Spotlight, $16, 9781416596363 Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life. | 10/19 |
| 11. | Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son- Debut Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061490194 Chabon's witty, candid collection of essays is now available in paperback. | /1 |
| 12. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin , $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. | 13/142 |
| 13. | The Black Swan: Second Edition- Debut Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $17, 9780812973815 Taleb's fascinating look at how randomness affects our world. | /1 |
| 14. | The Age of Wonder Richard Holmes, Vintage, $17.95, 9781400031870 An insightful look at the work of prominent British scientists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. | /9 |
| 15. | I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced Nujood Ali, Three Rivers, $12, 9780307589675 The harrowing true story of a young Yemeni girl forced to marry a man three times her age. | 11/7 |
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| 16. | Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg Michael Perry, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061240447 The wonderful memoir by the author of Truck: A Love Story is now available in paperback. | / |