New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012

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

by: Bill O’Reilly Martin Dugard
Release date: Oct 02, 2012
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The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

2. Wild

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Cheryl Strayed
Release date: Mar 20, 2012
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A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

3. Amateur

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Edward Klein
Release date: May 14, 2012
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A journalist argues that President Obama is callow, arrogant and unable to lead.

4. Heaven Is For Real

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Todd Burpo Lynn Vincent
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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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

by: Mark Owen Kevin Maurer
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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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

by: Kim Krickitt Carpenter Dana Wilkerson
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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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

by: Robert A Caro
Release date: Jan 01, 1982
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From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.”

8. Proof Of Heaven

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Eben Alex er
Release date: Oct 23, 2012
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A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.

9. Steve Jobs

Weeks listed as #1: 2

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.

10. Imagine

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Jonah Lehrer
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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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

by: Hank Haney
Release date: Mar 27, 2012
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The golf coach’s memoir describes his six eventful years with Tiger Woods.

12. Drift

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Rachel Maddow
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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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

by: Walter Lord
Release date: Jan 01, 1997
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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

by: Jenny Lawson
Release date: Apr 17, 2012
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A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.

15. Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Anna Quindlen
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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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

by: Kody Meri Janelle Christine Ron Brown
Release date: May 01, 2012
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The stars of the TLC reality show describe their polygamous marriage.

17. Paterno

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Joe Posnanski
Release date: Aug 21, 2012
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A biography of the legendary Penn State football coach.

18. Unbroken

Weeks listed as #1: 1

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.

19. The Glass Castle

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Jeannette Walls
Release date: Jan 17, 2006
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The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.

20. Ameritopia

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Mark R Levin
Release date: Jan 17, 2012
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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

by: Mimi Alford
Release date: Feb 08, 2012
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A former White House intern recounts her affair with John F. Kennedy.

Last updated on December 18, 2021