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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers January 17, 2010

1. Have a Little Faith: A True Story - by Mitch Albom
Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9780786868728
ISBN-10: 0786868724
A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

2. Going Rogue: An American Life - by Sarah Palin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/17/2009
ISBN-13: 9780061939891
ISBN-10: 0061939897
A memoir by the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate.

3. What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures - by Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/20/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316075848
ISBN-10: 0316075841
A decade of New Yorker essays.

4. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance - by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/20/2009
ISBN-13: 9780060889579
ISBN-10: 0060889578
A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.

5. Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - by Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021154
ISBN-10: 0670021156
Building schools, many of them for girls, in northeast Afghanistan; takes up where Three Cups of Tea left off.

6. Open: An Autobiography - by Andre Agassi
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/09/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307268198
ISBN-10: 0307268195
The tennis champion’s autobiography.

7. True Compass: A Memoir - by Edward M. Kennedy
Publisher: Twelve
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2009
ISBN-13: 9780446539258
ISBN-10: 0446539252
The late senator's autobiography.

8. Outliers: The Story of Success - by Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/18/2008
ISBN-13: 9780316017923
ISBN-10: 0316017922
Why some people succeed, from the author of Blink.

9. Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government - written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, and others
Publisher: Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/22/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416595014
ISBN-10: 1416595015
The case against big government.

10. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves - by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/20/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021253
ISBN-10: 0670021253
The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.

11. The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War - by James Bradley
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/24/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316008952
ISBN-10: 0316008958
In 1905, during a diplomatic journey organized by Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft negotiated secret agreements with several Asian countries.

12. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy - by Bill Simmons
Publisher: Ballantine Books/ESPN Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/27/2009
ISBN-13: 9780345511768
ISBN-10: 034551176X
ESPN.com’s Sports Guy crunches big questions in N.B.A. history.

13. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/08/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307267146
ISBN-10: 0307267148
Women fighting sexual oppression in Asia and Africa.

14. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - by Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/05/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
ISBN-10: 0307266303
Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.

15. Last Words - by George Carlin with Tony Hendra
Publisher: Free Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9781439172957
ISBN-10: 1439172951
The life of the comedian, who died in 2008.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the January 17 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 2, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.

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