Hardcover Nonfiction

1. 17 weeks on the list

   WILD

   by Cheryl Strayed

   Knopf

   A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

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   Ranked 1 last week

2. 13 weeks on the list

   AMATEUR

   by Edward Klein

   Regnery

   A journalist argues that President Obama is unable to lead.

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   Ranked 5 last week

3. 91 weeks on the list

   UNBROKEN

   by Laura Hillenbrand

   Random House

   An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific.

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   Ranked 2 last week

4. 46 weeks on the list

   KILLING LINCOLN

   by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

   Holt

   The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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   Ranked 3 last week

5. 2 weeks on the list

   DOUBLE CROSS

   by Ben Macintyre

   Crown

   How the Allies tricked the Nazis into believing that on D-Day they would attack somewhere other than Normandy.

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   Ranked 4 last week

6. New this week

   DEARIE

   by Bob Spitz

   Knopf

   A biography of Julia Child, published to coincide with what would have been her 100th birthday.

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7. 2 weeks on the list

   WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST?

   by Jim Holt

   Liveright

   An "existential detective story" about our efforts to understand the origins of the universe.

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   Ranked 13 last week

8. 41 weeks on the list

   STEVE JOBS

   by Walter Isaacson

   Simon & Schuster

   A biography of the visionary entrepreneur, who died in October 2011.

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   Ranked 6 last week

9. 22 weeks on the list

   THE POWER OF HABIT

   by Charles Duhigg

   Random House

   A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.

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   Ranked 8 last week

10. 5 weeks on the list

    DREAM TEAM

    by Jack McCallum

    Ballantine

    The 1992 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team.

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    Ranked 7 last week

11. 26 weeks on the list

    THINKING, FAST AND SLOW

    by Daniel Kahneman

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux

    The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices.

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12. 4 weeks on the list

    THE PRICE OF INEQUALITY

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Norton

    A winner of the Nobel in economics examines the consequences of America’s growing inequality for democracy, policy and globalization, and argues that it is not inevitable.

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    Ranked 15 last week

13. 6 weeks on the list

    I HATE EVERYONE...STARTING WITH ME

    by Joan Rivers

    Berkley

    The comedian’s humorous reflections.

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    Ranked 10 last week

14. 2 weeks on the list

    RED INK

    by David Wessel

    Crown Business

    A journalist reviews the politics behind the federal budget, explores where the money goes and argues that current trends are unsustainable.

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    Ranked 9 last week

15. 6 weeks on the list

    LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED

    by Jenny Lawson

    Amy Einhorn/Putnam

    A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.

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