Top Hardcover Nonfiction Books
This is a list of the top 10 selling hardcover nonfiction books in the United States for the week. Rankings reflect sales at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands.
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| #1 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
by Chelsea Handler
Weeks On Bestseller List: 1
Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
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| #2 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Escape
by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer
Weeks On Bestseller List: 5
A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man.
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| #3 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Home: A Memoir Of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews
Weeks On Bestseller List: 4
A memoir of Andrews's early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
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| #4 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
by David Sheff
Weeks On Bestseller List: 9
A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
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| #5 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb
Weeks On Bestseller List: 5
The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.
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| #6 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Ladies Of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
by David Sheff
Weeks On Bestseller List: 3
A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
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| #7 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
by Ron Paul
Weeks On Bestseller List: 1
A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
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| #8 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, And The Global Crisis Of American Capitalism
by Kevin Phillips
Weeks On Bestseller List: 2
How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington's ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.
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| #9 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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Armageddon In Retrospect
by Kurt Vonnegut
Weeks On Bestseller List: 4
Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
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| #10 | Hardcover Nonfiction Book May 4, 2008 |
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The Soloist: A Lost Dream, An Unlikely Friendship, And The Redemptive Power Of Music
by Steve Lopez
Weeks On Bestseller List: 1
A columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life.
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