New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2011

There are 16 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2011. Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand is listed as the #1 best seller for 13 weeks.

There are 224 books in the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2011 list. Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand is in this list for 52 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2011

1. Unbroken

Weeks listed as #1: 13

by: Laura Hillenbr
Release date: Nov 16, 2010
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An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

2. A Stolen Life

Weeks listed as #1: 7

by: Jaycee Dugard
Release date: Jul 12, 2011
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A woman tells of being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife.

3. Steve Jobs

Weeks listed as #1: 7

by: Walter Isaacson
Release date: Oct 24, 2011
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A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.

4. Bossypants

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Tina Fey
Release date: Apr 05, 2011
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A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”

5. Killing Lincoln

Weeks listed as #1: 4

by: Bill O’Reilly Martin Dugard
Release date: Sep 27, 2011
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The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

6. The Greater Journey

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: David McCullough
Release date: May 24, 2011
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The historian explores the extensive intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century American visitors.

7. Decision Points

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: George W Bush
Release date: Jan 01, 2010
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The former president’s memoir discusses his Christianity and the end of his drinking; his relationships with members of his family; and critical White House decisions on 9/11, Iraq and Katrina.

8. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations On Life With John F. Kennedy

Weeks listed as #1: 2

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Release date: Sep 14, 2011
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Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.

9. In My Time

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Dick Cheney
Release date: Aug 30, 2011
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The former vice president opens up about his life and nearly four decades at the core of American politics.

10. Known And Unknown

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Donald Rumsfeld
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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The former defense secretary’s memoir discusses his role in the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

11. The Social Animal

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: David Brooks
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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Brooks creates two imaginary people, Harold and Erica, to illustrate his understanding of the human mind, the wellsprings of action and the causes of success and failure.

12. Red

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Sammy Hagar Joel Selvin
Release date: Mar 15, 2011
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Hagar tells of his tear through rock, from his first break with Montrose to his role as the front man of Van Halen.

13. Onward

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Howard Schultz Joanne Gordon
Release date: Mar 29, 2011
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Schultz tells of his second stint as the C.E.O. of Starbucks and how he helped return the company to profitability.

14. In The Garden Of Beasts

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Erik Larson
Release date: May 10, 2011
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This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the family of William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador there.

15. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Chelsea H ler
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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Handler’s friends, family members and colleagues write about being victims of her practical jokes.

16. Those Guys Have All The Fun

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: James Andrew Miller Tom Shales
Release date: May 24, 2011
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An oral history of the sports network ESPN.

Last updated on December 8, 2021