The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2008


This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2008,in the Hardcover Nonfiction category.
DateBookAuthorPublisher
January 6I Am America Stephen ColbertGrand Central
January 13I Am America Stephen ColbertGrand Central
January 20In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
January 27In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
February 3'Andrew MortonSt. Martin's
February 10In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
February 17In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
February 24In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
March 2In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
March 9Liberal FascismJonah GoldbergDoubleday
March 16Losing ItValerie BertinelliFree Press
March 23Losing ItValerie BertinelliFree Press
March 30Losing ItValerie BertinelliFree Press
April 6'David SheffHoughton Mifflin
April 13'Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell,
Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb		Howard
April 20'Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell,
Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb		Howard
April 27'Julie AndrewsHyperion
May 4Beautiful BoyDavid SheffHoughton Mifflin
May 11Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, ChelseaChelsea HandlerSimon Spotlight
May 18'Ron PaulGrand Central
May 25'Barbara WaltersKnopf
June 1'Barbara WaltersKnopf
June 8'Barbara WaltersKnopf
June 15What HappenedScott McClellanPublicAffairs
June 22When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
June 29When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
July 6When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
July 13When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
July 20When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
July 27When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
August 3When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
August 10When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
August 17'Jerome R. CorsiThreshold Editions
August 24'Jerome R. CorsiThreshold Editions
August 31'Jerome R. CorsiThreshold Editions
September 7'Jerome R. CorsiThreshold Editions
September 14sTORI TellingTori Spelling with Hilary LiftinSimon Spotlight
September 21sTORI TellingTori Spelling with Hilary LiftinSimon Spotlight
September 28Hot, Flat, and CrowdedThomas L. FriedmanFarrar, Straus and Giroux
October 31'James Patterson, Hal FriedmanLittle, Brown and Company
November 30Too Fat to FishArtie Lange with Anthony BozzaSpiegel & Grau
December 7Things That MatterCharles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 15Things That MatterCharles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 21OutliersMalcolm GladwellLittle, Brown