New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2001
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This is a list of adult non-fiction
books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2001.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2001.
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly (commentator) William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television... |
| January 14 | The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly |
| January 21 | The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly |
| January 28 | An Hour Before Daylight | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| February 4 | An Hour Before Daylight | Jimmy Carter |
| February 11 | An Hour Before Daylight | Jimmy Carter |
| February 18 | Ice Bound | Jerri Nielsen Jerri Nielsen Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive ER experience, who in 1998 was hired to spend a year at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, as the station's only doctor.... with Maryanne Vollers Maryanne Vollers Maryanne Vollers is an author, journalist and well known ghostwriter. Her first book, Ghosts of Mississippi, was a finalist in non-fiction for the 1995 National Book Award. She has been the "journalistic facilitator" of two prominent books for famous people including Hillary Clinton and Jerri... |
| February 25 | Ice Bound | Jerri Nielsen with Maryanne Vollers |
| March 4 | An Hour Before Daylight | Jimmy Carter |
| March 11 | An Hour Before Daylight | Jimmy Carter |
| March 18 | The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly |
| March 25 | Longaberger | Dave Longaberger Dave Longaberger David H. "Dave" Longaberger was an American businessman who founded the Longaberger Company, makers of handcrafted maple wood baskets and accessories. Dave has two daughters, Tami Longaberger, who is CEO of the Longaberger Company, and Rachel Longaberger Stukey, President of the Longaberger... |
| April 1 | The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly |
| April 8 | Seabiscuit Seabiscuit: An American Legend Seabiscuit: An American Legend is a non-fiction book written by Laura Hillenbrand published in 2001 about the thoroughbred race horse, Seabiscuit. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and was made into a feature film in 2003. It has also been published under the title: Seabiscuit - The... |
Laura Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand is an American author of books and magazine articles.Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Hillenbrand spent much of her childhood riding bareback "screaming over the hills" of her father's Sharpsburg, Maryland, farm. A favorite of hers was Come On Seabiscuit, a 1963 kiddie book. "I read... |
| April 15 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| April 22 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| April 29 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| May 6 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| May 13 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| May 20 | Napalm & Silly Putty | George Carlin George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.... |
| May 27 | Foley Is Good | Mick Foley Mick Foley Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he... |
| June 3 | Foley Is Good | Mick Foley |
| June 10 | John Adams John Adams (book) John Adams is a 2001 biography of Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams written by popular historian David McCullough. It won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize and has been made into a TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films. Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been... |
David McCullough David McCullough David Gaub McCullough is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.... |
| June 17 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| June 24 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| July 1 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| July 8 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| July 15 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| July 22 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| July 29 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| August 5 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| August 12 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| August 19 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| August 26 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| September 2 | John Adams | David McCullough |
| September 9 | The Wild Blue The Wild Blue The Wild Blue, by historian Stephen Ambrose, was published in 2001. The book details the lives and World War II experiences of pilots, bombardier, navigators, radio operators and gunners flying B-24s of the U.S. Army Air Forces against Germany... |
Stephen Ambrose Stephen Ambrose Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a long time professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history... |
| September 16 | The Wild Blue | Stephen Ambrose |
| September 23 | The Wild Blue | Stephen Ambrose |
| September 30 | Jack: Straight from the Gut | Jack Welch Jack Welch John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001... with John A. Byrne |
| October 7 | Jack: Straight from the Gut | Jack Welch with John A. Byrne |
| October 14 | Jack: Straight from the Gut | Jack Welch with John A. Byrne |
| October 21 | Jack: Straight from the Gut | Jack Welch with John A. Byrne |
| October 28 | Germs Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War is a #1 New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller. It was written by The New York Times journalists Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad... |
Judith Miller Judith Miller (journalist) Judith Miller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, formerly of the New York Times Washington bureau. Her coverage of Iraq's alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction program both before and after the 2003 invasion generated much controversy... , Stephen Engelberg and William Broad William Broad William J. Broad is an author and a Senior Writer at The New York Times.-Awards:Broad has won two Pulitzer Prizes with Times colleagues, as well as an Emmy and a DuPont. He won the Pulitzers for coverage of the space shuttle Challenger disaster and the feasibility of antimissile arms... |
| November 4 | Germs | Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad |
| November 11 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| November 18 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| November 25 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| December 2 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| December 9 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| December 16 | One Nation One Nation One Nation may refer to:In politics:* One Nation , a nationalist party in Australia** One Nation NSW, a defunct splinter group of the above, operating exclusively in New South Wales* One Nation , a defunct party in Israel... |
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| December 23 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |
| December 30 | The No Spin Zone | Bill O'Reilly |