New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2002
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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 2002.
Non-fiction
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books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2002.
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | The No Spin Zone | 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 13 | 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.... |
| January 20 | Bias Bias (book) Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News is a non-fiction book by Bernard Goldberg, a 28-year veteran CBS news reporter and producer, giving detailed examples of what he calls liberal bias in television news reporting... |
Bernard Goldberg Bernard Goldberg Bernard Richard Goldberg , also known as Bernie Goldberg, is an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning American writer, journalist, and political commentator... |
| January 27 | Bias | Bernard Goldberg |
| February 3 | Bias | Bernard Goldberg |
| February 10 | Bias | Bernard Goldberg |
| February 17 | Bias | Bernard Goldberg |
| February 24 | Shadow Warriors Shadow Warriors (book) Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces a non-fiction book written by Tom Clancy with help from General Carl Stiner and Tony Koltz. First Published by Putnam's Sons in February 2002. ISBN 978-0425188316... |
Tom Clancy Tom Clancy Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and... |
| March 3 | Shadow Warriors | Tom Clancy |
| March 10 | Bias | Bernard Goldberg |
| Bias | Bernard Goldberg | |
| March 24 | Stupid White Men Stupid White Men Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! is a book by Michael Moore published in 2001. Although the publishers were convinced it would be rejected by the American reading public after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it spent 50 consecutive weeks on the New York... |
Michael Moore Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries... |
| March 31 | Stupid White Men | Michael Moore |
| April 7 | Stupid White Men | Michael Moore |
| April 14 | Stupid White Men | Michael Moore |
| April 21 | Lucky Man | Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox, OC is a Canadian American actor, author, producer, activist and voice-over artist. With a film and television career spanning from the late 1970s, Fox's roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy ; Alex P... |
| April 28 | Lucky Man | Michael J. Fox |
| May 5 | Lucky Man | Michael J. Fox |
| May 12 | Lucky Man | Michael J. Fox |
| May 19 | Master of the Senate | Robert A. Caro |
| May 26 | Lucky Man | Michael J. Fox |
| June 2 | American Son | Richard Blow |
| June 9 | A Mind at a Time | Mel Levine |
| June 16 | The Right Words at the Right Time | Marlo Thomas Marlo Thomas Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas is an American actress, producer, and social activist known for her starring role on the TV series That Girl . She also serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital... |
| June 23 | Stupid White Men | Michael Moore |
| June 30 | You Cannot Be Serious You Cannot Be Serious You Cannot Be Serious is a book written by the world's former #1 tennis player John McEnroe .... |
John McEnroe John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title... with James Kaplan James Kaplan James Kaplan is an American novelist, journalist, and biographer. He was born in New York City and grew up in rural Pennsylvania and suburban New Jersey. He matriculated at New York University and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1973 with a degree in studio art... |
| July 7 | You Cannot Be Serious | John McEnroe with James Kaplan |
| July 14 | Slander | Ann Coulter Ann Coulter Ann Hart Coulter is an American lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events... |
| July 21 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| July 28 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| August 4 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| August 11 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| August 18 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| August 25 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| September 1 | Slander | Ann Coulter |
| September 8 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| September 15 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| September 22 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| September 29 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| October 6 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| October 13 | Let's Roll! | Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham |
| October 20 | Leadership Leadership Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:... |
Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.... with Ken Kurson Ken Kurson Ken Kurson is the Executive Vice President of Jamestown Associates, a political consulting firm based in Princeton, New Jersey and Washington, DC... |
| October 27 | Leadership | Rudy Giuliani with Ken Kurson |
| November 3 | Leadership | Rudy Giuliani with Ken Kurson |
| November 10 | Leadership | Rudy Giuliani with Ken Kurson |
| November 17 | Leadership | Rudy Giuliani with Ken Kurson |
| November 24 | Journals Journals (Cobain) Journals is a collection of writings and drawings by Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Though the content is undated, it is arranged in an approximation of chronological order, starting with a letter Cobain wrote to Dale Crover in 1988, and ending with a rant about... |
Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana... |
| December 1 | Portrait of a Killer Portrait of a Killer Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed is a 2002 nonfiction book by crime novelist Patricia Cornwell which presents the theory that Walter Sickert, a British painter, was the 19th-century serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.Jean Overton Fuller, in her 1990 book Sickert and the Ripper... |
Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.-Early life:... |
| December 8 | Portrait of a Killer | Patricia Cornwell |
| December 15 | Bush at War Bush at War Bush at War is a 2002 book by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward recounting President George W. Bush's responses to the September 11 attacks and his administration's handling of the subsequent War in Afghanistan... |
Bob Woodward Bob Woodward Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter, and is currently an associate editor of the Post.... |
| December 22 | Bush at War | Bob Woodward |
| December 29 | Bush at War | Bob Woodward |