Hardcover nonfiction bestsellers, week of Oct. 12-18

1. The Snowball
By Alice Schroeder. Bantam.
2. Hot, Flat, and Crowded
By Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
3. The Last Lecture
By Randy Pausch. Hyperion.
4. Giada’s Kitchen
By Giada De Laurentiis. Clarkson Potter.
5. Dewey
By Vicki Myron. Grand Central.
6. The Forever War
By Dexter Filkins. Knopf.
7. Goodnight Bush
By Erich Origen and Gan Golan. Little, Brown.
8. The War Within
By Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster.
9. Ballistics
By Billy Collins. Random House.
10. The Limits of Power
By Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan.

From Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. The Snowball
By Alice Schroeder. Bantam.
2. Hot, Flat, and Crowded
By Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
3. The Last Lecture
By Randy Pausch. Hyperion.
4. Giada’s Kitchen
By Giada De Laurentiis. Clarkson Potter.
5. Dewey
By Vicki Myron. Grand Central.