New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2014

There are 20 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2014. Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand is listed as the #1 best seller for 12 weeks.

There are 244 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2014 list. Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand is in this list for 52 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2014

1. Unbroken

Weeks listed as #1: 12

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.

2. Lone Survivor

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Marcus Luttrell Patrick Robinson
Release date: Jun 12, 2007
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A harrowing Navy SEALs operation.

3. Killing Patton

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Bill O’Reilly Martin Dugard
Release date: Sep 23, 2014
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The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the strange death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.

4. Twelve Years A Slave

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Solomon Northup
Release date: Oct 22, 2013
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The narrative, first published in 1853, of a freeman who was sold into slavery and spent 12 years in bondage before escaping.

5. The Monuments Men

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Robert M Edsel Bret Witter
Release date: Sep 03, 2009
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The attempt to preserve, and later to locate, art works stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

6. Heaven Is For Real

Weeks listed as #1: 3

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.

7. Yes Please

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Amy Poehler
Release date: Oct 28, 2014
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A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, the “S.N.L.” alumna and star of “Parks and Recreation.”

8. 41

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: George W Bush
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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The 43rd president’s portrait of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st.

9. Things That Matter

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Charles Krauthammer
Release date: Oct 22, 2013
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Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

10. Flash Boys

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Michael Lewis
Release date: Mar 31, 2014
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The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading, from the author of “Liar’s Poker.”

11. One Nation

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Ben Carson C y Carson
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.

12. Hard Choices

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Release date: Jun 10, 2014
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Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world.

13. 13 Hours

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Mitchell Zuckoff members of the Annex Security Team
Release date: Sep 09, 2014
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Six C.I.A. contract employees discuss their experience during the attack on the State Department compound and the nearby C.I.A. station called the “annex” in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

14. Duty

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Robert M Gates
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

15. Thrive

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Arianna Huffington
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
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Personal well-being as the indispensable third measure — after money and power — of success.

16. Capital In The Twenty-First Century

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Thomas Piketty
Release date: Apr 15, 2014
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A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions.

17. Finding Me

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Michelle Knight Michelle Burford Weinstein
Release date: May 06, 2014
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The story of a woman kidnapped in Cleveland in 2002, then tortured, who escaped in 2013.

18. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Maya Angelou
Release date: Apr 21, 2009
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A memoir of childhood and adolescence by the poet, who died in May.

19. Blood Feud

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Edward Klein
Release date: Jun 23, 2014
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A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families.

20. What If?

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: R all Munroe
Release date: Sep 02, 2014
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Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author’s website, xkcd.com.

Last updated on December 18, 2021