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
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by: Laura Hillenbr, Release date: Nov 16, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Jaycee Dugard Release date: Jul 12, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Walter Isaacson Release date: Oct 24, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
4. Bossypants
Weeks listed as #1: 5
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by: Tina Fey Release date: Apr 05, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”
5. Killing Lincoln
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 27, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
6. The Greater Journey
Weeks listed as #1: 3
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by: David McCullough Release date: May 24, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The historian explores the extensive intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century American visitors.
7. Decision Points
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: George W Bush Release date: Jan 01, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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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by: Release date: Sep 14, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.
9. In My Time
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Dick Cheney Release date: Aug 30, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Donald Rumsfeld Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: David Brooks Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Sammy Hagar , Joel Selvin Release date: Mar 15, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Howard Schultz , Joanne Gordon Release date: Mar 29, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Erik Larson Release date: May 10, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Chelsea H, ler Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales Release date: May 24, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An oral history of the sports network ESPN.
Last updated on December 8, 2021