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Weekly Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers, 2002
Each book that appeared in a weekly hardcover nonfiction bestseller list published by The New York Times and Publishers Weekly during 2002 is listed in the table below in alphabetical order, along with information specifying whether or not the book includes an index.
Both lists include the week's top fifteen bestsellers. The Times's is dated Sunday, such as January 6, 2002; Publishers Weekly's is dated Monday, such as January 7, 2002. Both publications published 52 lists dated the year 2002. In the table, NYT signifies The Times's list; PW signifies Publishers Weekly's list.
Information about the presence or absence of an index is based on data in the book's MARC tags retrieved from the Library of Congress Online Catalog . The table indicates the presence of an index only if the word index appears in the book's MARC field tag 500, usually in a phrase such as Includes index or Includes bibliography and index. It indicates the absence of an index if the word index does not appear in the book's MARC field tag 500 or if field tag 500 is not one of the book's MARC tags. Occasionally, information in the table is based on data in field tag 504 rather than field tag 500.
A summary follows the data about the individual books.
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Weekly Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers for 2002 NYT for January 6 through December 29, 2002 PW for January 7 through December 23, 2002 |
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1. |
Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 |
NYPD Staff |
No |
NYT |
PW |
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| 2. | Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths | Bruce Feiler | No | NYT | PW | |
| 3. | Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue: 100 Easy Recipes for Backyard Barbecue and Grilling | Al Roker | Yes | PW | ||
| 4. | Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush | Frank Bruni | No | NYT | ||
| 5. | America's Heroes: Inspiring Stories of Courage, Sacrifice and Patriotism | Susan Moyer, Joseph Bannon | No | NYT | ||
| 6. | American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center | William Langewiesche | No | NYT | ||
| 7. | American Jihad: The Terrorists Among Us | Steven Emerson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 8. | American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr. | Richard Blow | No | NYT | PW | |
| 9. | American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 | Life Books | No | NYT | ||
| 10. | American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions | Chris Matthews | Yes | NYT | ||
| 11. | Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back | Jere Longman | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 12. | Art of Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones | Mark Cotta Vaz | No | NYT | ||
| 13. | Art of Travel | Alain de Botton | No | NYT | PW | |
| 14. | Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family | Art Smith | Yes | PW | ||
| 15. | Benjamin Franklin | Edmund Morgan | No | NYT | ||
| 16. | Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News | Bernard Goldberg | No | NYT | PW | |
| 17. | Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage | Cathi Hanauer | No | NYT | ||
| 18. | Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature | Steven Pinker | Yes | NYT | ||
| 19. | Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative | David Brock | No | NYT | PW | |
| 20. | Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before | Tony Horowitz | No | NYT | ||
| 21. | Body for Life | Bill Phillips | No | PW | ||
| 22. | Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11 | Bill Gertz | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 23. | Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Las Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich | No | NYT | ||
| 24. | Brotherhood | Tony Hendra | No | NYT | PW | |
| 25. | Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History | David Vise | No | NYT | PW | |
| 26. | Bush at War | Bob Woodward | No | NYT | PW | |
| 27. | Cancer Schmancer | Fran Drescher | No | NYT | PW | |
| 28. | Case Against Lawyers: How Lawyers, Politicians, and Bureaucrats Have Turned the Law into an Instrument of Tyranny, and What We Citizens Have To Do About It | Catherine Crier | Yes | NYT | ||
| 29. | Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It | John Miller, Michael Stone | No | NYT | ||
| 30. | Christmas in Plains: Memories | Jimmie Carter | No | NYT | PW | |
| 31. | Churchill: A Biography | Roy Jenkins | Yes | NYT | ||
| 32. | Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 | Michael Beschloss | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 33. | Crossing Over: The Stories Behind the Stories | John Edward | No | NYT | ||
| 34. | Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam | James McPherson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 35. | Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection | Wendy Northcutt | Yes | NYT | ||
| 36. | Dear Mom: Thank You for Everything | Bradley Greive | No | PW | ||
| 37. | Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization | Patrick Buchanan | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 38. | Demon in the Freezer: A True Story | Richard Preston | No | NYT | PW | |
| 39. | Diana: Closely Guarded Secret | Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 40. | Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss | Howard Shapiro | Yes | PW | ||
| 41. | Dr. Wayne Dyer's 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace | Wayne Dyer | No | PW | ||
| 42. | Driver #8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jade Gurss | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 43. | Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Erotic Obsession, Revenge, and Murder | Ann Rule | No | NYT | PW | |
| 44. | Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness and Making Miracles | Marianne Williamson | No | PW | ||
| 45. | Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done | Larry Bossidy | Yes | PW | ||
| 46. | Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes | Willie Nelson | No | NYT | ||
| 47. | Fat Flush Plan | Ann Louise Gittleman | Yes | PW | ||
| 48. | Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House | Bill Sammon | Yes | NYT | ||
| 49. | Final Days: The Last Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House | Barbara Olson | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 50. | Find Me | Rosie O'Donnell | No | NYT | PW | |
| 51. | Firehouse | David Halberstam | No | NYT | PW | |
| 52. | Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results | Stephen Lundin | No | PW | ||
| 53. | Get With the Program! Getting Real About Your Weight, Health, and Emotional Well-Being | Bob Greene | Yes | PW | ||
| 54. | Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission | Hampton Sides | No | NYT | ||
| 55. | Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don't | Jim Collins | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 56. | Guinness World Records 2002 | Guinness Editors | Yes | PW | ||
| 57. | Guinness World Records 2003 | Guiness Media | Yes | PW | ||
| 58. | Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for a Better Body, Life and Spirit | Andrew Weil, Rosie Daley | Yes | PW | ||
| 59. | Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness | Gary Zukav | Yes | PW | ||
| 60. | Hollywood Hulk Hogan: The Story of Terry Bollea | Susan Zannos | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 61. | How I Play Golf | Tiger Wood | No | PW | ||
| 62. | I Hope You Dance | Tia Sillers, Mark Sanders | No | PW | ||
| 63. | I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It | Charles Barkley | No | NYT | PW | |
| 64. | Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores | Michelle Malkin | Yes | NYT | ||
| 65. | Jack: Straight from the Gut | Jack Welch | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 66. | John Adams | David McCullough | No | NYT | PW | |
| 67. | Journals | Kurt Cobain | No | NYT | PW | |
| 68. | Kiss and Make-Up | Gene Simmons | Yes | NYT | ||
| 69. | Knight: My Story | Bobby Knight | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 70. | Last Man Down: A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center | Richard Piccioto, Daniel Paisner | No | NYT | PW | |
| 71. | Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest | Sandra Day O'Connor | No | NYT | PW | |
| 72. | Leadership | Rudolph Guiliani | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 73. | Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty Over Liberalism | Sean Hannity | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 74. | Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage | Lisa Beamer, Ken Abrham | No | NYT | PW | |
| 75. | Life God Rewards: Why Everything You Do Today Matters Forever | Bruce Wilkinson, David Kopp | No | PW | ||
| 76. | Life, World War II: History's Greatest Conflict in Pictures | Richard Stolley | Yes | NYT | ||
| 77. | Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live | Tom Shales | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 78. | Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island | Linda Breenlaw | No | NYT | PW | |
| 79. | Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead | Dennis McNally | Yes | NYT | ||
| 80. | Long Way From Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland | Tom Brokaw | No | NYT | PW | |
| 81. | Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 | Thomas L. Friedman | No | NYT | PW | |
| 82. | Love, Greg & Lauren | Greg Manning | No | NYT | PW | |
| 83. | Lucky Man: A Memoir | Michael Fox | No | NYT | PW | |
| 84. | Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia | Christopher Byron | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 85. | Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon B. Johnson, Bk. 3 | Robert Caro | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 86. | Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present | Allen Mikaelian | No | NYT | ||
| 87. | Memoirs | David Rockefeller | Yes | NYT | ||
| 88. | Mind at a Time | Mel Levine | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 89. | Motherhood and Hollywood: How to Get a Job Like Mine | Patricia Heaton | No | NYT | ||
| 90. | My Losing Season | Pat Conroy | No | NYT | PW | |
| 91. | Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic | David Blaine | No | NYT | ||
| 92. | Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath | New York Times | Yes | NYT | ||
| 93. | Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton | Joe Klein | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 94. | Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 | Mitchell Fink, Lois Mathias | No | NYT | PW | |
| 95. | New York: September 11 | Magnum Photographers | No | NYT | ||
| 96. | Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word | Randall Kennedy | Yes | NYT | ||
| 97. | No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America | Bill O'Reilly | No | NYT | PW | |
| 98. | Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life | Christopher Reeve | No | NYT | PW | |
| 99. | Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls | Rachel Simmons | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 100. | Oh, The Things I Know: A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness | Al Franken | No | NYT | ||
| 101. | Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen | Bob Greene | No | NYT | PW | |
| 102. | One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth | Mark Victor Hansen | No | PW | ||
| 103. | One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 | Life Magazine Editors | No | NYT | PW | |
| 104. | Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship | Quecreek Miners, Jeff Goodell | No | NYT | PW | |
| 105. | Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream | Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt | No | NYT | ||
| 106. | Perricone Prescription: A Physician's 28-Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation | Nicholas Perricone | Yes | PW | ||
| 107. | Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed | Patricia Cornwell | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 108. | Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle, Russell DiCarlo | No | PW | ||
| 109. | Power to the Patient: The Treatments to Insist on When You're Sick | Isadore Rosenfeld | Yes | PW | ||
| 110. | Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life | Bruce Wilkinson | No | PW | ||
| 111. | Profiles in Courage for Our Time | Caroline Kennedy | No | NYT | PW | |
| 112. | Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center | Dennis Smith | No | NYT | PW | |
| 113. | Rich Dad's Prophecy: Why the Biggest Stock Crash in History Is Still Coming – And How You Can Prepare Yourself and Profit From It! | Robert Kiyosaki | No | PW | ||
| 114. | Right Words at the Right Time | Marlo Thomas | No | NYT | PW | |
| 115. | Running With Scissors: A Memoir | Augusten Burroughs | No | NYT | PW | |
| 116. | Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential | Caroline Myss | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 117. | Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy | Jane Leavy | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 118. | Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm | Kim Cattrall | Yes | PW | ||
| 119. | Sea Hunters II: More True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks, Vol. 2 | Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo | No | NYT | PW | |
| 120. | Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Laura Hillenband | Yes | NYT | ||
| 121. | See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism | Robert Baer | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 122. | Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out | Phillip McGraw | No | PW | ||
| 123. | Sexual Life of Catherine M | Catherine Millet | No | NYT | ||
| 124. | Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces | Tom Clancy, Carl Stiner, Tony Koltz | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 125. | Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson | Kenneth Timmerman | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 126. | Shakey: Neil Young's Biography | Jimmy McDonough | Yes | NYT | ||
| 127. | Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East | Michael Oren | Yes | NYT | ||
| 128. | Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right | Ann Coulter | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 129. | Small Wonder: Essays | Barbara Kingsolver | No | NYT | PW | |
| 130. | Snobbery: The American Version | Jason Epstein | Yes | NYT | ||
| 131. | Song Flung Up To Heaven | Maya Angelou | No | NYT | PW | |
| 132. | Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco | Allen Rucker, Michele Scicolone | No | PW | ||
| 133. | Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary | David Reynolds | No | PW | ||
| 134. | Still Woman Enough: A Memoir | Loretta Lynn, Patsi Bale Cox | No | NYT | ||
| 135. | Stupid White Men … And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! | Michael Moore | No | NYT | ||
| 136. | Sylvia Browne's Book of Dreams | Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison | No | PW | ||
| 137. | Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know: What You Can Do To Fight Back | Arthur Levitt | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 138. | Ten Stupid Things Couples Do To Mess Up Their Relationships | Laura Schlessinger | No | PW | ||
| 139. | Ten Things I Learned From Bill Porter | Shelly Brady | No | NYT | ||
| 140. | Theodore Rex | Edmund Morris | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 141. | Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq | Kenneth Pollack | Yes | NYT | ||
| 142. | To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian | Stephen Ambrose | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 143. | Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II | Jennet Conant | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 144. | Universe in a Nutshell | Stephen Hawking | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 145. | Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich | Kevin Phillips | Yes | NYT | ||
| 146. | What We Saw: The Events of September 11 – In Words, Pictures, and Video | CBS News | No | NYT | PW | |
| 147. | What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response | Bernard Lewis | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 148. | What's So Great About America | Dinesh D'Souza | Yes | NYT | ||
| 149. | When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan | Peggy Noonan | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 150. | When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir | Bob Kerrey | No | NYT | ||
| 151. | Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life | Spencer Johnson | No | PW | ||
| 152. | Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround | Louis Gerstner | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 153. | Why I Am a Catholic | Gary Wills | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 154. | Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew B-24's over Germany | Stephen Ambrose | Yes | NYT | ||
| 155. | Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change | Christine Northrup | Yes | PW | ||
| 156. | Worth Fighting For: A Memoir | John McCain, Mark Salter | No | NYT | ||
| 157. | You Cannot Be Serious | John McEnroe | No | NYT | PW | |
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Over- all |
On NYT |
On PW |
On Both |
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Titles: # Titles with indexes: % Titles with indexes: |
157 72 46% |
125 58 46% |
108 48 44% |
76 34 45% |
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For information about other weekly hardcover nonfiction bestsellers, link to pages for the years
| 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
For information about annual hardcover nonfiction bestsellers, link to pages for the periods
| 1975 to 1979 | 1990 to 1999 |
| 1980 to 1989 | 2000 to 2005 |