There are 206 books in the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2014 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.
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1. Unbroken
Weeks on the list: 40
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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. Killing Jesus
Weeks on the list: 39
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 24, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Jesus’ life and times, and the events leading up to his execution.
3. David And Goliath
Weeks on the list: 39
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by: Malcolm Gladwell Release date: Oct 01, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.”
4. I Am Malala
Weeks on the list: 38
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by: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb Release date: Oct 08, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The experience of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban.
5. Lean In
Weeks on the list: 37
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by: Sheryl S, berg , Nell Scovell Release date: Jan 01, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
6. Things That Matter
Weeks on the list: 29
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by: Charles Krauthammer Release date: Oct 22, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.
7. Flash Boys
Weeks on the list: 23
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by: Michael Lewis Release date: Mar 31, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading, from the author of “Liar’s Poker.”
8. Capital In The Twenty-First Century
Weeks on the list: 23
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by: Thomas Piketty Release date: Apr 15, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions.
9. One Nation
Weeks on the list: 20
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by: Ben Carson , C, y Carson Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.
10. Humans Of New York
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Br, on Stanton Release date: Oct 15, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by Stanton.
11. Think Like A Freak
Weeks on the list: 18
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by: Steven D Levitt , Stephen J Dubner Release date: May 12, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.”
12. What If?
Weeks on the list: 15
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by: R, all Munroe Release date: Sep 02, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author’s website, xkcd.com.
13. George Washington’s Secret Six
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Brian Kilmeade , Don Yaeger Release date: Nov 05, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution.
14. Thrive
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Arianna Huffington Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Personal well-being as the indispensable third measure — after money and power — of success.
15. Hard Choices
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Hillary Rodham Clinton Release date: Jun 10, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world.
16. America
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Dinesh D’Souza Release date: Jun 02, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished; also a documentary film.
17. The Boys In The Boat
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Daniel James Brown Release date: Jun 04, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of the American rowers who pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Originally published in 2013.
18. Duty
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Robert M Gates Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
19. Killing Patton
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 23, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the strange death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.
20. Not That Kind Of Girl
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Lena Dunham Release date: Sep 30, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A collection of revealing and often humorous personal essays from the creator and star of “Girls.”
21. The Innovators
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Walter Isaacson Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Studies of the people who created computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s.
22. Being Mortal
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Atul Gaw, e Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.
23. Uganda Be Kidding Me
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Chelsea H, ler Release date: Mar 04, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Humorous travel stories.
24. 10% Happier
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Dan Harris Release date: Mar 11, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A co-anchor of “Nightline” reports on the science and spiritual dimensions of meditation, and describes how it has improved his life.
25. The Closer
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Mariano Rivera , Wayne Coffey Release date: May 06, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir of life and baseball by the great Yankees pitcher.
26. Blood Feud
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Edward Klein Release date: Jun 23, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families.
27. As You Wish
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Cary Elwes , Joe Layden Release date: Oct 14, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The making of the movie “The Princess Bride,” 25 years ago.
28. The Bully Pulpit
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Doris Kearns Goodwin Release date: Nov 05, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft and the activities of the muckraking press, from the author of “Team of Rivals.”
29. A Fighting Chance
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Elizabeth Warren Release date: Apr 22, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Massachusetts senator describes her life, her academic work and her battle for a consumer protection agency.
30. My Promised Land
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Ari Shavit Release date: Jan 01, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An Israeli journalist expresses both solidarity with and criticism of his countrymen in this memoir and history.
Last updated on December 8, 2021