October 24, 2004
Hardcover Nonfiction
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| 1 | AMERICA (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum. (Warner, $24.95.) "The Daily Show" offers a lavishly illustrated parody of a civics textbook. | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | HOW TO TALK TO A LIBERAL (IF YOU MUST), by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $26.95.) A collection of the columnist's writing about what's wrong with liberals. | 1 | |
| 3 | CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE, by Bob Dylan. (Simon & Schuster, $24.) Recollections and observations from the singer/songwriter. | 1 | |
| 4 | UNFIT FOR COMMAND, by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi. (Regnery, $27.95.) A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam. | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | WILL THEY EVER TRUST US AGAIN? by Michael Moore. (Simon & Schuster, $22.) Letters to Moore, mostly from soldiers in Iraq and their families. | 1 | |
| 6 | THE FAMILY, by Kitty Kelley. (Doubleday, $29.95.) The author of biographies of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan tells "the real story of the Bush dynasty." | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A memoir by the former head of the United States Central Command. | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, by Aron Ralston. (Atria, $26.) A mountaineer describes a nightmarish experience in Utah and the extreme measure he took in order to save his life. | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | SHADOW WAR, by Richard Miniter. (Regnery, $27.95.) Argues that President Bush is winning the war on terror. | 1 | |
| 10 | MAGICAL THINKING, by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin's, $23.95.) Life after rehab, from the author of "Running With Scissors." | 1 | |
| 11 | *CHAIN OF COMMAND, by Seymour M. Hersh. (HarperCollins, $25.95.) From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib: the investigative reporter tracks President Bush's war on terror. | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, by Lynne Truss. (Gotham, $17.50.) An Englishwoman expounds on the use and misuse of punctuation marks. | 6 | 27 |
| 13 | TREACHERY, by Bill Gertz. (Crown Forum, $25.95.) A reporter for The Washington Times maintains that "America's friends and foes are secretly arming our enemies." (+) | 3 | |
| 14 | GREEN RIVER, RUNNING RED, by Ann Rule. (Free Press, $26.) The story of the Green River killer, who murdered some four dozen young women in the Pacific Northwest before he was captured in 2001. | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | MY LIFE, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, $35.) From Hope, Ark., to the White House: the autobiography of the 42nd president. | 10 | 16 |
| 16 | *BUSHWORLD, by Maureen Dowd. (Putnam, $25.95.) A journalist's assessment of President Bush, based on her columns and articles in The New York Times. | 15 | 10 |
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| 17 | CONFESSIONS OF AN HEIRESS, by Paris Hilton with Merle Ginsberg. (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, $22.) | ||
| 18 | SCAR TISSUE, by Anthony Kiedis with Larry Sloman. (Hyperion, $24.95.) | ||
| 19 | WILL IN THE WORLD, by Stephen Greenblatt. (Norton, $26.95.) | ||
| 20 | GOOD TO GREAT, by Jim Collins. (HarperBusiness, $27.50.) | ||
| 21 | PATRIOT REIGN, by Michael Holley. (Morrow, $23.95.) | ||
| 22 | DEMOCRACY MATTERS, by Cornel West. (Penguin Press, $24.95.) | ||
| 23 | AMERICA'S SECRET WAR, by George Friedman. (Doubleday, $25.95.) | ||
| 24 | BORN FIGHTING, by James Webb. (Broadway, $25.95.) | ||
| 25 | HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORN STAR, by Jenna Jameson with Neil Strauss. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $27.95.) | ||
| 26 | DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $24.95.) | ||
| 27 | IN THE SHADOW OF NO TOWERS, by Art Spiegelman. (Pantheon, $19.95.) | ||
| 28 | SHADOW DIVERS, by Robert Kurson. (Random House, $26.95.) | ||
| 29 | LYRICS: 1962-2002, by Bob Dylan. (Simon & Schuster, $45.) | ||
| 30 | PEOPLE WE KNOW, HORSES THEY LOVE, by Jill Rappaport and Wendy Wilkinson. (Rodale, $39.95.) | ||
| 31 | WHAT WE'VE LOST, by Graydon Carter. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.) | ||
| 32 | ON THE WING, by Alan Tennant. (Knopf, $25.) | ||
| 33 | ON THE DOWN LOW, by J. L. King with Karen Hunter. (Broadway, $21.95.) | ||
| 34 | WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? by Thomas Frank. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.) | ||
| 35 | SKYWRITING, by Jane Pauley. (Random House, $25.95.) | ||