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Erik Larson, the author of “The Devil in the White City,” has had four books on the hardcover nonfiction list.
June 19, 2011
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Erik Larson, the author of “The Devil in the White City,” has had four books on the hardcover nonfiction list.
David Eagleman, who hits the hardcover nonfiction list this week with “Incognito,” is the kind of guy who really does make being a neuroscientist look like fun.
This Week | Paperback Nonfiction | Weeks on List |
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1 | HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson, $16.99.) A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels. | 29 | |
2 | THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Broadway, $16.) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. | 13 | |
3 | LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $16.99.) The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography. | 5 | |
4 | THANK YOU NOTES, by Jimmy Fallon with the writers of “Late Night”. (Grand Central, $12.) Many things give the TV host opportunities to be grateful. | 2 | |
5 | BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Vintage, $15.95.) Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe. | 10 | |
6 | EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. (Scribner, $16.) The story of Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches. | 4 | |
7 | * | LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $8.99.) A Navy Seals operation goes horribly awry. | 65 |
8 | THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move. (†) | 222 | |
9 | WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $15.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.” | 3 | |
10 | INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz. (Scribner, $16.) The world from a dog’s point of view. | 35 | |
11 | MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury, $14.95.) A memoir of one-night stands. | 136 | |
12 | * | THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $15.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. | 18 |
13 | DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead, $16.) A look at what truly motivates us, and how we can use that knowledge to work smarter and live better. | 9 | |
14 | TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (Penguin, $18.) The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times business columnist. | 17 | |
15 | 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $13.99.) A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident. | 196 | |
16 | THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. | 347 | |
17 | * | ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Gallery, $16.) Humorous personal essays from the comedian. | 71 |
18 | JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith. (Ecco, $16.) The godmother of punk recalls her time with Robert Mapplethorpe and their yearnings for a life in art. | 30 | |
19 | SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) How to apply economic theory to everything: the sequel. | 2 | |
20 | MESSENGER, by Jeni Stepanek with Larry Lindner. (NAL, $15.) The story of the author’s son, who died of a rare form of muscular dystrophy. | 2 | |