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 26, 2013 |
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Proof Of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into The Afterlife
by Eben Alexander
Weeks On Bestseller List: 12
A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma.
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| #2 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Weeks On Bestseller List: 49
The political genius of Abraham Lincoln.
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| #3 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Weeks On Bestseller List: 97
The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.
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| #4 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story Of His Trip To Heaven And Back
by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
Weeks On Bestseller List: 113
A boy's encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.
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| #5 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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Outliers: The Story Of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Weeks On Bestseller List: 84
Why some people succeed - it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
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| #6 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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An Invisible Thread: The True Story Of An 11-Year-Old Panhandler, A Busy Sales Executive, And An Unlikely Meeting With Destiny
by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
Weeks On Bestseller List: 2
The long friendship between a sales executive and a destitute boy.
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| #7 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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In The Garden Of Beasts: Love, Terror, And An American Family In Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
Weeks On Bestseller List: 37
William E. Dodd, the United States ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
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| #8 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by Mindy Kaling
Weeks On Bestseller List: 17
The comedian and actress offers essays about her life.
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| #9 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
Weeks On Bestseller List: 44
Taking aim at the war on drugs and its impact on black men.
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| #10 | Paperback Nonfiction Book May 26, 2013 |
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Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Weeks On Bestseller List: 39
Women’s equality as the paramount moral challenge of our era.
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