There are 180 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2011 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 31 to 60.
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31. The Original Argument
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Glenn Beck , Joshua Charles Release date: Jun 14, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Federalists’ case for the Constitution, adapted for the 21st century.
32. The Devil In The White City
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Erik Larson Release date: Feb 10, 2004 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. Originally published in 2003.
33. Moneyball
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Michael Lewis Release date: Aug 22, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, has produced successful teams despite having one of the smallest payrolls in baseball.
34. That Used To Be Us
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Thomas L Friedman , Michael M, elbaum Release date: Sep 05, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How America fell behind in the world it invented, and how it can come back.
35. Area 51
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Annie Jacobsen Release date: May 17, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An account of the mysterious military installation, which the author contends is the home of secret espionage programs, not extraterrestrials.
36. Born To Run
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Christopher McDougall Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
37. Steve Jobs
Weeks on the list: 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.
38. Thinking, Fast And Slow
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Daniel Kahneman Release date: Oct 25, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
39. Reckless Endangerment
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Gretchen Morgenson , Joshua Rosner Release date: May 24, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
This account of the Wall Street implosion highlights individuals who played crucial roles of responsibility.
40. Red
Weeks on the list: 6
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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.
41. Physics Of The Future
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Michio Kaku Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An examination of innovative developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics and space travel.
42. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations On Life With John F. Kennedy
Weeks on the list: 6
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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.
43. Jack Kennedy
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Chris Matthews Release date: Nov 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An admiring portrait.
44. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Mindy Kaling Release date: Nov 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Observations from the comedy writer and actress.
45. Those Guys Have All The Fun
Weeks on the list: 6
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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.
46. Demonic
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Ann Coulter Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The columnist compares the Democratic Party to a mob.
47. Unlikely Friendships
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Jennifer Holl, Release date: Jun 21, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Forty-seven remarkable stories of attachment, from the animal kingdom.
48. The Hidden Reality
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Brian Greene Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A physicist explains various theories involving the existence of parallel universes.
49. Blood, Bones And Butter
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Gabrielle Hamilton Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the chef and owner of the Manhattan restaurant Prune.
50. Onward
Weeks on the list: 5
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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.
51. All That Is Bitter And Sweet
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Ashley Judd , Maryanne Vollers Release date: Apr 05, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the actress and humanitarian.
52. Destiny Of The Republic
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: C, ice Millard Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The life and death by assassination (and medical malpractice) of President James A. Garfield.
53. She Walks In Beauty
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: selected , introduced Caroline Kennedy Release date: Apr 05, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Poems that inspired the former first daughter.
54. Back To Work
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Bill Clinton Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The former president argues that cooperation between the private sector and government is necessary to restore prosperity.
55. Catherine The Great
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Robert K Massie Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The author of “Nicholas and Alexandra” provides a sweeping narrative of the life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias.
56. After America
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Mark Steyn Release date: Aug 08, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The writer foresees Armageddon for America, which he says has caught up with Europe in the rush to self-destruction.
57. 1493
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Charles C Mann Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Picking up where “1491” left off, the author says that ecological encounters since Columbus have affected much of subsequent human history.
58. In My Time
Weeks on the list: 5
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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.
59. Lone Survivor
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson Release date: Jun 12, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A harrowing Navy SEALs operation.
60. The Dressmaker Of Khair Khana
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Release date: Mar 15, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of Kamila Sidiqi, an Afghan entrepreneur who started a successful sewing business and mobilized her community under the Taliban.
Last updated on December 18, 2021
