NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) - August 21st 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending August 21st 2016

10 - The War On Cops - Heather Mac Donald 
(Debut)
The author expands on her reporting on the "Ferguson effect", the criminal-justice system and the black lives matter movement.

9  -  American Heiress - Jeffrey Toobin
(Debut)
The story of Patty Hearst's kidnapping in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army, her crimes and her trial.

8  -  Between The World And Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
(56 weeks on the list)

7  -  When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
(30 weeks on the list)

6  -  Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance 
(2 weeks on list)
A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America's white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt.

5  -  Hamilton: The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
(17 weeks on list)

4  -  Armageddon - Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
(3 weeks on list)
The political strategist offers a game plan for how to defeat Hillary Clinton.

3  -  Crisis of Character - Gary J. Byrne and Grant Schmidt
(6 weeks on list) (5 consecutive weeks at #1 and last weeks #1)

2  -  Liars - Glenn Beck 
(Debut)
The author says progressive politicians gain power and control by exploiting Americans' fears.

1  -  Hillary's America - Dinesh D'Souza
(Debut)
The conservative author and pundit warns of disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected president.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) August 31st 2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending August 31st 2014

10 - The Invisible Bridge - Rick Perlstein
(2 weeks on list)

9  -Blood Feud - Edward Klein
  (8 weeks on list)

8  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(182 weeks on list)

7  -  Hard Choices - Hillary Clinton
(10 weeks on list)

6  -  A Spy Among Friends - Ben Macintyre
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(44 weeks on list)

4  -  The First Family Detail - Ronald Kessler
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  In The Kingdom of Ice - Hampton Sides
(2 weeks on list)

2  -  One Nation - Ben Carson
(13 weeks on list)

1  -  America - Dinesh D'Souza
(6 weeks on list) (3rd week at #1)
A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished.

NY Times Bestseller List (NonFiction) 08/17/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending August 17th 2014

10 - Capital In The Twenty First Century - Thomas Piketty
(17 weeks on list)

9  -  Think Like A Freak - Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
(12 weeks on list)

8  - The Mockingbird Next Door - Marja Mills
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(42 weeks on list)

6  -  Blood Feud - Edward Klein
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Hard Choices - Hillary Clinton
(8 weeks on list)

4  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(180 weeks on list)

3  -  One Nation - Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(11 weeks on list)

2  -  A Spy Among Friends - Ben Macintyre
(Debut)
An account of the British Cold War spy Kim Philby focuses on the two close friends whose trust he betrayed.

1  -  America - Dinesh D'Souza
(2nd consecutive week at #1) (4 weeks on list)
A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished.