NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) 04/19/2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending April 19th 2015

10 - Pioneer Girl - Laura Ingalls Wilder
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  What If? - Randall Munroe 
(31 weeks on list)

8  -  Heretic - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(2 weeks on list)
The author of "Infidel" and "Nomad" argues that fundamental doctrines of Islam must change for it to be compatible with democracy.

7  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(23 weeks on list)

6  -  In Defense of a Liberal Education - Fareed Zakaria
(Debut)
A case for the centrality of the curriculum in the sciences and humanities.

5  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(28 weeks on list)

4  -  H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald
(7 weeks on list)

3  -  Becoming Steve Jobs - Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzli
(2 weeks on list)
Jobs, who started out as a brash young genius, developed a more mature management style.

2  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(26 weeks on list)

1  -  Dead Wake - Erik Larson
(4 weeks on list and 4 weeks at #1)
The last voyage of the Lusitania,

NY Times Bestseller List (NonFiction) March 29th 2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback NonFiction

Top Ten

Week Ending March 29th 2015

10 - Our Kids - Robert D. Putnam
(Debut)
A social scientist argues that income inequality is creating an "opportunity gap" for poor children that is destroying the American dream.

9 - Bettyville - George Hodgman
(Debut)
A New York editor returns to his Missouri hometown to care for his aging mother.

8 - Girl In A Band - Kim Gordon

(3 weeks on list)

7  -  What If? - Randall Munroe

(28 weeks on list)

6  -  H Is For Hawk - Helen Macdonald

(4 weeks on list)

5  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler

(20 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

(25 weeks on list)

3  -  Every Day I Fight - Stuart Scott with Larry Platt

(Debut)

A memoir by the ESPN anchor and commentator who died of cancer in January 2015.

2  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande

(23 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)

1  -  DEAD WAKE - ERIK LARSON

(DEBUT)

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA, BY THE AUTHOR OF "DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY" and "IN THE GARDEN OF THE BEASTS"