NY Times Bestseller List Nonfiction | January 15th, 2012

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This Week	Last Week	Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction	Weeks on List
1	3	HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson.) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.	49

2	1	STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.	10

3	2	KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.	14

4	4	UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House Publishing.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.	49

5	9	CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House Publishing.) The author of “Nicholas and Alexandra” provides a sweeping narrative of the life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias.	8

6		Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations On Life With John F. Kennedy, . (Hyperion.) Recordings and transcripts of a seven-part interview with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in 1964.	7

7	10	BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Little, Brown & Company.) A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”	30

8	8	THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.	8

9	5	THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins Publishers.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.	8

10	11	IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown Publishing.) William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.	30

11	14	SERIOUSLY … I’M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres. (Grand Central Publishing.) A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host.	8

12		IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. (Crown Publishing.) Observations from the comedy writer and actress.	8

13		A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. (Simon & Schuster.) A woman tells of being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife.	17

14		THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown Publishing.) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.	45

15		IMPERFECT JUSTICE, by Jeff Ashton with Lisa Pulitzer. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A prosecutor’s account of the Casey Anthony trial.	3

Also Selling

JACK KENNEDY, by Chris Matthews (Simon & Schuster)
BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe (Threshold Editions)
WHY ME?, by Sarah Burleton (Sarah Burleton)
BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
AUSCHWITZ, by Miklos Nyiszli (Skyhorse)
THEN AGAIN, by Diane Keaton (Random House Publishing)
THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks (Crown Publishing)
AN INVISIBLE THREAD, by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski (Howard)
THUNDER DOG, by Michael Hingson with Susy Flory (Thomas Nelson)
THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls (Simon & Schuster)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Company)
MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler (Bloomsbury)
MONEYBALL, by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, by Candice Millard (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall (Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
SEAL TARGET GERONIMO, by Chuck Pfarrer (St. Martin’s Press)
GOD IS NOT GREAT, by Christopher Hitchens (Grand Central Publishing)
OUT OF MY LATER YEARS, by Albert Einstein (Philosophical Library/Open Road)
DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU, by Ann Rule (Simon & Schuster)