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
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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.
2. In The Garden Of Beasts
Weeks listed as #1: 15
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by: Erik Larson Release date: May 10, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Eben Alex, er Release date: Oct 23, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Rebecca Skloot Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.
5. The Vow
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Kim , Krickitt Carpenter , Dana Wilkerson Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Nicholas D Kristof , Sheryl WuDunn Release date: Jan 01, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A case for viewing women’s equality as our “paramount moral challenge.”
7. Bossypants
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Tina Fey Release date: Apr 05, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”
8. Outliers
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Malcolm Gladwell Release date: Nov 18, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
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
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by: Jeannette Walls Release date: Jan 17, 2006 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.
Last updated on December 8, 2021