NYT Bestsellers ( Nonfiction )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


1 NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer.
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden. 

2  THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein.
A journalist argues that President Obama is callow and unable to lead. 

3 OBAMA'S AMERICA, by Dinesh D'Souza.
An argument that President Obama is the architect of American decline.
4 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
5  MORTALITY, by Christopher Hitchens.
Reports and reflections on his illness and impending death by the writer, who died in December 2011. 

6 THE SECRET RACE, by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.
An account of the world of professional cycling and its doping issues, focused on the Tour de France, by an Olympic gold medalist. 

7  UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. 

8  WILD, by Cheryl Strayed.
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.
9 HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough.
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence. 

10 PATERNO, by Joe Posnanski.
A biography of the late Penn State football coach. 

11  AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.
A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

12 DOUBLE CROSS, by Ben Macintyre.
How the Allies tricked the Nazis into believing that on D-Day they would attack somewhere other than Normandy. 

13 DEARIE, by Bob Spitz.
A biography of Julia Child, published to coincide with what would have been her 100th birthday. 

14 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson.
A biography of the entrepreneur and Apple visionary, who died in October 2011.