New York Times’ Top Ten Non Fiction Books, January 9th, 2009

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This is the top 10 Non fiction book list on HARDCOVER, for the January 2nd, 2009 edition of the New York Times. For the fifth consecutive week Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is leading the list. The new book on this list is Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking This week’s list is as follows:

1 OUTLIERS: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) 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 DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and his rise to fame.

3 AMERICAN LION, by Jon Meacham. (Random House, $30.) Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, in the White House, by the editor of Newsweek.

4 Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets, by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. (Zondervan, $19.) A couple has sextuplets.

5 WHY WE SUCK: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid, by Denis Leary. (Viking, $26.95.) Sardonic essays from the actor and comedian, currently the co-creator and star of the TV series “Rescue Me.”

6 A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

7 Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher. (Simon & Schuster, $21.) A memoir based on Fisher’s one-woman show.

8 HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.) How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.

9 TOO FAT TO FISH, by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Humorous memories from the comedian, a member of the cast of “The Howard Stern Show.”

10 THE SNOWBALL, by Alice Schroeder. (Bantam, $35.) The life of Warren Buffett.

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