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Top Paperback Nonfiction Books

This is a list of the top 10 selling paperback 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.

 
#1 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
Cover Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School At A Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Weeks On Bestseller List: 66
A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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    #2 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India And Indonesia
    by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 67
    A writer's yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.

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    #3 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover 90 Minutes In Heaven: A True Story Of Death & Life
    by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 80
    A minister describes the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.

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    #4 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover Marley & Me: Life And Love With The World's Worst Dog
    by John Grogan
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 8
    A newspaper columnist and his wife learn life lessons from their neurotic dog.

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    #5 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover The God Delusion
    by Richard Dawkins
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 18
    An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational.

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    #6 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream
    by Barack Obama
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 19
    The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.

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    #7 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Of Food Life
    by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 1
    The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food.

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    #8 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover John Adams
    by David McCullough
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 37
    A biography of the country's first vice president and second president.

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    #9 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History Of Four Meals
    by Michael Pollan
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 36
    Tracking dinner from the soil to the plate, a journalist juggles appetite and conscience.

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    #10 Paperback Nonfiction Book  •  May 11, 2008
    Cover Under The Banner Of Heaven: A Story Of Violent Faith
    by Jon Krakauer
    Weeks On Bestseller List: 65
    The implications of the murder of a woman by two Mormon fundamentalists.

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