New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2010 Complete List Page 2

There are 89 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2010 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 31 to 60.

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31. The Survivors Club

Weeks on the list: 10

by: Ben Sherwood
Release date: Feb 03, 2010
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True stories of how faith, luck and genetics play into the ability to overcome adversity.

32. With The Old Breed

Weeks on the list: 10

by: E B Sledge
Release date: Jan 01, 2007
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A memoir of fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II.

33. Liar’s Poker

Weeks on the list: 9

by: Michael Lewis
Release date: Mar 15, 2010
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Wall Street’s tumultuous 1980s, as witnessed by a young bond trader.

34. Conservative Victory

Weeks on the list: 9

by: Sean Hannity
Release date: Mar 30, 2010
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The Fox News host calls for action against the policies of Barack Obama.

35. Predictably Irrational

Weeks on the list: 9

by: Dan Ariely
Release date: Apr 27, 2010
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The hidden forces that shape our decisions.

36. Traveling With Pomegranates

Weeks on the list: 8

by: Sue Monk Kidd Ann Kidd Taylor
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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The novelist (“Secret Life of Bees”) and her daughter travel together in Europe at a difficult time in both their lives.

37. The Accidental Billionaires

Weeks on the list: 8

by: Ben Mezrich
Release date: Jan 01, 2010
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How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.

38. Stones Into Schools

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Greg Mortenson
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where “Three Cups of Tea” left off.

39. Lone Survivor

Weeks on the list: 6

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

40. Dewey

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Vicki Myron Bret Witter
Release date: Sep 24, 2008
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Tale of a book-drop mascot.

41. Just Kids

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Patti Smith
Release date: Nov 02, 2010
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The godmother of punk recalls her time with Robert Mapplethorpe and their yearnings for a life in art in New York City.

42. Animals Make Us Human

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Temple Gr in Catherine Johnson
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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Being attentive to animals’ emotions, positive and negative, can help them have a better life.

43. Shop Class As Soulcraft

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Matthew B Crawford
Release date: May 28, 2009
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A philosopher and mechanic argues for the satisfactions and challenges of manual work.

44. My Life In France

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Julia Child Alex Prud’homme
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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How Julia Child mastered the art of French cooking: a memoir.

45. Secretariat

Weeks on the list: 6

by: William Nack
Release date: Aug 31, 2010
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The story of the great Triple Crown champion; a reissue of “Big Red of Meadow Stable” (1975).

46. Columbine

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Dave Cullen
Release date: Apr 06, 2009
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A full account of the Columbine massacre 10 years later explores the killers’ psychology and debunks myths; by a journalist who covered the story from the beginning.

47. Kitchen Confidential

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Anthony Bourdain
Release date: Dec 10, 2008
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A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world.

48. Julie & Julia

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Julie Powell
Release date: Jul 01, 2009
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A memoir of racing to cook every recipe in Julia Child”s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

49. The Good Soldiers

Weeks on the list: 4

by: David Finkel
Release date: Sep 15, 2009
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles the harrowing eight months he spent with an Army battalion in Iraq.

50. Holidays On Ice

Weeks on the list: 4

by: David Sedaris
Release date: Oct 08, 2008
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Comic essays about Christmas.

51. My Booky Wook

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Russell Br
Release date: Mar 10, 2009
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A memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up from a British comedian and actor.

52. Heaven Is For Real

Weeks on the list: 4

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.

53. The Value Of Nothing

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Raj Patel
Release date: Jan 05, 2010
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How we can rebalance society, limit markets and develop new ways of seeing the world.

54. When You Are Engulfed In Flames

Weeks on the list: 3

by: David Sedaris
Release date: Jun 03, 2008
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The humorist’s latest essays deal with middle age, mortality and giving up smoking.

55. A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Bill O’Reilly
Release date: Jan 01, 2008
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The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

56. How We Decide

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Jonah Lehrer
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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Learning more about how we think can help us make better decisions.

57. Resilience

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Elizabeth Edwards
Release date: Jan 01, 2009
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Dealing with life’s challenges, including cancer and her husband’s infidelity.

58. But I Trusted You

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Ann Rule
Release date: Nov 24, 2009
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True-crime cases of trust betrayed.

59. Mountains Beyond Mountains

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Tracy Kidder
Release date: Aug 25, 2009
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A portrait of Dr. Paul Farmer, who works with the Haitian poor.

60. The Bullpen Gospels

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Dirk Hayhurst
Release date: Jan 01, 2010
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A pitcher’s memoir of life in minor league baseball.

Last updated on December 8, 2021