New York Times Non-Fiction Hardcover Bestsellers 10/10/2010

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	OBAMA'S WARS, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) How decisions were made on the war in Afghanistan, the campaign in Pakistan and the fight against terrorism.		1
2	EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others. (Grand Central, $27.99.) A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show."	1	2
3	------ FINISH FIRST, by Tucker Max. (Gallery, $25.99.) Stories of bad decisions, debauchery and sexual recklessness.		1
4	THE ROOTS OF OBAMA'S RAGE, by Dinesh D'Souza. (Regnery, $27.95.) D’Souza argues that Obama’s policies are defined by the anti-colonialist sentiments of his father.		1
5	THE GRAND DESIGN, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. (Bantam, $28.) Central questions of philosophy and science, from the author of “A Brief History of Time.”	2	4
6	PINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.	3	3
7	OPERATION DARK HEART, by Anthony Shaffer. (Thomas Dunne, $25.99.) An intelligence officer discusses the role of spycraft and special operations in Afghanistan.		1
8	_____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.	4	22
9	EVEN SILENCE HAS AN END, by Ingrid Betancourt. (Penguin Press, $29.95.) Betancourt, a Colombian presidential candidate at the time, was kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in 2002 and held for six years. Excerpt	6	2
10	CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY, by David Limbaugh. (Regnery, $29.95.) A political indictment of Obama’s presidency. (†)	7	6