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
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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. Lone Survivor
Weeks listed as #1: 5
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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.
3. Killing Patton
Weeks listed as #1: 5
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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.
4. Twelve Years A Slave
Weeks listed as #1: 3
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by: Solomon Northup Release date: Oct 22, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Robert M Edsel , Bret Witter Release date: Sep 03, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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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.
7. Yes Please
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Amy Poehler Release date: Oct 28, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: George W Bush Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The 43rd president’s portrait of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st.
9. Things That Matter
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.
10. Flash Boys
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.”
11. One Nation
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.
12. Hard Choices
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.
13. 13 Hours
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Mitchell Zuckoff , members of the Annex Security Team Release date: Sep 09, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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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.
15. Thrive
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
16. Capital In The Twenty-First Century
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
17. Finding Me
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Michelle Knight , Michelle Burford Weinstein Release date: May 06, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Maya Angelou Release date: Apr 21, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir of childhood and adolescence by the poet, who died in May.
19. Blood Feud
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
20. What If?
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
Last updated on December 18, 2021