
This is the top 10 Non fiction book list on HARDCOVER, in the March 27th, 2009 edition of the New York Times. This week’s list is as follows:
1 OUTLIERS: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
2 A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion, by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall. Two men buy a pet lion cub in London, bring him to Africa when he is grown, and later have a heartwarming reunion; an update of a 1971 book.
3 House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, by William D. Cohan. The fall of Bear Stearns and the beginning of the Wall Street collapse.
4 The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci. The former Yankee manager (1996-2007) on his years with the team.
5 The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann. A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disappeared 80 years ago in the Amazon.
6 My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up, by Russell Brand. A memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up from a British comedian and actor.
7 Inside the Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson & Jesus Are Battling to Dominate . . ., by Joel C. Rosenberg. The power of three groups in the Middle East: Islamic radicals, moderate reformers and Muslims who are becoming Christians.
8 DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and his rise to fame.
9 A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
10 The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education, Craig M. Mullaney. A soldier’s coming of age at West Point, Ranger School, Oxford (as a Rhodes scholar) and in battle in Afghanistan.
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