New York Times Best Seller List for Non-fiction: December 14, 2014 This Week Last Week Hardcover Nonfiction Weeks on List 1 1 41, by George W. Bush. (Crown.) The former president’s portrait of his father, George H. W. Bush. 3 2 2 KILLING PATTON, by Bill OReilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt.) The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945. 10 3 3 YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey St./Morrow.) A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, an “S.N.L.” alumna and the star of “Parks and Recreation.” 5 4 6 WHAT IF?, by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author’s website, xkcd. 13 5 5 THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES, by Andy Cohen. (Holt.) One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of “Watch What Happens Live.” 3 6 HUMANS OF NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martins.) Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers. 22 7 12 YOU CANT MAKE THIS UP, by Al Michaels with L. Jon Wertheim. (Morrow/HarperCollins.) The veteran sportscaster, the voice of “Sunday Night Football,” recalls players and games he has observed. 2 8 4 BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/ Holt.) The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better. 8 9 10 NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, by Lena Dunham. (Random House.) Essays from the creator and star of “Girls.” 9 10 NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: CHOOSE YOUR OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Neil Patrick Harris with David Javerbaum. (Crown Archetype.) The actor’s life story is structured as a Choose Your Own Adventure book. 4 11 * 14 AS YOU WISH, by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.) The making of the movie “The Princess Bride,” 25 years ago. 6 12 8 SMALL VICTORIES, by Anne Lamott. (Riverhead.) Essays about forgiveness, transformation and grace. 3 13 9 DREAMERS AND DECEIVERS, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts.) More little-known stories from America’s past; a follow-up to “Miracles and Massacres.” (†) 5 14 13 NO HERO, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. (Dutton.) In a follow-up to “No Easy Day,” the Navy SEAL team member Matt Bissonnette, writing pseudonymously, describes the challenges of SEAL training as well as other missions in which he participated. 3 15 16 THE INNOVATORS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) Studies of the people who created computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s. 7 16 * FOOD, by Jim Gaffigan. (Crown Archetype.) The comedian, author of “Dad Is Fat,” describes his relationship with food. 3
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