The American Best Seller Books In August 2013 ( Non Fiction)

THIS WEEK		LAST WEEK	COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION	WEEKS ON LIST

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ZEALOT, by Reza Aslan. (Random House.)   A biography of Jesus of Nazareth presents him in the context of his times as the leader of a revolutionary movement.

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THIS TOWN, by Mark Leibovich. (Blue      Rider.)  An examination of Washington’s “media-industrial complex” by the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine.

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3		7	ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau.) A memoir by a Brooklyn woman whose relationship with a drug runner gets her sentenced to a year in prison. The basis for the Netflix series, originally published in 2010.	3
4		4	PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster.) A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.	41
5		3	LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf.) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.	21
6		6	HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books.) The Duck Commander pays tribute to “faith, family and ducks.”	13
7		10	UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.	124
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8		11	LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown.) Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.	15
9		8	SHIRLEY JONES, by Shirley Jones with Wendy Leigh. (Gallery Books.) A memoir by the Oscar-winning actress and singer (“Carousel,”  “Elmer Gantry,”  “The Partridge Family”).	2
10		12	OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown.) 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."	27
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11		13	THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Simon & Schuster.) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly moved from place to place. (†)	36
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12			QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown.) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society.	25
13			IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, by Gregg Olsen. (St. Martin's.) The story of a teacher convicted of child rape after having an affair with one of her sixth-grade students.	1
14			IF YOU LIVED HERE, I'D KNOW YOUR NAME, by Heather Lende. (Algonquin.) A chronicle of life in small-town Alaska.	1
15		14	WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf.) A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail during the summer of 1995.	56