New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012

There are 9 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012. Heaven Is For Real written by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent is listed as the #1 best seller for 16 weeks.

There are 96 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2012 list. The Devil In The White City written by Erik Larson is in this list for 53 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2012

1. Heaven Is For Real

Weeks listed as #1: 16

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.

2. In The Garden Of Beasts

Weeks listed as #1: 15

by: Erik Larson
Release date: May 10, 2011
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This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the family of William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador there.

3. Proof Of Heaven

Weeks listed as #1: 8

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.

4. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Rebecca Skloot
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.

5. 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.

6. Half The Sky

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Nicholas D Kristof Sheryl WuDunn
Release date: Jan 01, 2010
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A case for viewing women’s equality as our “paramount moral challenge.”

7. Bossypants

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Tina Fey
Release date: Apr 05, 2011
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A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”

8. Outliers

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Malcolm Gladwell
Release date: Nov 18, 2008
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Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.

9. 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.

Last updated on December 8, 2021