There are 21 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012. Killing Kennedy written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is listed as the #1 best seller for 9 weeks.
There are 211 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012 list. Killing Lincoln written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is in this list for 53 weeks.
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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2012
1. Killing Kennedy
Weeks listed as #1: 9
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Oct 02, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. Wild
Weeks listed as #1: 6
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by: Cheryl Strayed Release date: Mar 20, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.
3. Amateur
Weeks listed as #1: 6
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by: Edward Klein Release date: May 14, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A journalist argues that President Obama is callow, arrogant and unable to lead.
4. Heaven Is For Real
Weeks listed as #1: 6
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by: Todd Burpo , Lynn Vincent Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.
5. No Easy Day
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
6. The Vow
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Kim , Krickitt Carpenter , Dana Wilkerson Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After a horrific car crash, a couple embark on a journey to fall in love all over again. The true events that inspired the movie.
7. The Passage Of Power
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Robert A Caro Release date: Jan 01, 1982 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.”
8. Proof Of Heaven
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Eben Alex, er Release date: Oct 23, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.
9. Steve Jobs
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.
10. Imagine
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Jonah Lehrer Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a group of thought processes that can be learned.
11. The Big Miss
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Hank Haney Release date: Mar 27, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The golf coach’s memoir describes his six eventful years with Tiger Woods.
12. Drift
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Rachel Maddow Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
America’s path to war has become too easy, with excessive power ceded to the executive branch, the MSNBC host argues.
13. A Night To Remember
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Walter Lord Release date: Jan 01, 1997 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
This reissue of Lord’s classic 1955 you-are-there account of the Titanic’s sinking includes an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick.
14. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Jenny Lawson Release date: Apr 17, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.
15. Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Anna Quindlen Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.
16. Becoming Sister Wives
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine , Ron Brown Release date: May 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The stars of the TLC reality show describe their polygamous marriage.
17. Paterno
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Joe Posnanski Release date: Aug 21, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of the legendary Penn State football coach.
18. Unbroken
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
19. The Glass Castle
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Jeannette Walls Release date: Jan 17, 2006 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.
20. Ameritopia
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Mark R Levin Release date: Jan 17, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation surveys the history of utopias and warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty.
21. Once Upon A Secret
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Mimi Alford Release date: Feb 08, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A former White House intern recounts her affair with John F. Kennedy.
Last updated on December 18, 2021