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Bestseller List for September 25, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending September 21, 2014
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
What If? Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544272996 From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. |
1/3 |
2. |
What I Know for Sure Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $24.99, 9781250054050 A collection of O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular "What I Know for Sure" columns, revised and updated. |
2/3 |
3. |
World Order Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594206146 Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era, Kissinger offers a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. |
5/2 |
4. |
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618 A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books. |
3/46 |
5. |
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate- Debut Naomi Klein, S&S, $30, 9781451697384 Klein explains why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. |
/1 |
6. |
13 Hours Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $28, 9781455582273 The harrowing, true account of the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi. |
4/2 |
7. |
David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361 In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us. |
8/51 |
8. |
In the Kingdom of Ice Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373 The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/7 |
9. |
Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339 The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak. |
9/19 |
10. |
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future- Debut Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, Crown Business, $27, 9780804139298 Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation. |
/1 |
11. |
Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success Steve Harvey, Amistad Press, $25.99, 9780062220325 The bestselling author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man tells you how to achieve your dreams using the gifts you already have. |
10/2 |
12. |
The Organized Mind Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525954187 In his new book, bestselling author Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. |
7/5 |
13. |
The Happiness of Pursuit Chris Guillebeau, Harmony, $25, 9780385348843 Guillebeau's remarkable book shows how anyone can bring meaning into their life by undertaking a quest. |
14/2 |
14. |
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David- Debut Lawrence Wright, Knopf , $27.95, 9780385352031 A gripping account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Begin and Egyptian president Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one that endures to this day. |
/1 |
15. |
Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443 Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. |
/14 |
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