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These titles were the most popular nonfiction books for adults at Chicago Public Library during the month of April 2013.

The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration /
Wilkerson, Isabel.

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Salt, sugar, fat : how the food giants hooked us /
Moss, Michael, 1955-

2

Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead /
Sandberg, Sheryl.

3

Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal /
Roach, Mary.

4

Brothers Emanuel : a memoir /
Emanuel, Ezekiel J., 1957-

5

Life code : the new rules for winning in the real world /
McGraw, Phillip C., 1950-

6

SHRED : the revolutionary diet : 6 weeks, 4 inches, 2 sizes /
Smith, Ian, 1969-

7

After visiting friends : a son's story /
Hainey, Michael, 1964-

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Life itself : a memoir /
Ebert, Roger.

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Bossypants /
Fey, Tina, 1970-

10

Behind the beautiful forevers : [life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity] /
Boo, Katherine.

11

Proof of heaven : a neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife /
Alexander, Eben.

12

In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin /
Larson, Erik.

13

Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail /
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-

14

Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking /
Cain, Susan.

15

The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America /
Larson, Erik.

16

The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream /
Dyja, Tom.

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My beloved world /
Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

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The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail-- but some don't /
Silver, Nate, 1978-

19

First son : the biography of Richard M. Daley /
Koeneman, Keith.

20

Mastermind : how to think like Sherlock Holmes /
Konnikova, Maria.

21

Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief /
Wright, Lawrence, 1947-

22

Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) /
Kaling, Mindy.

23

The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and in business /
Duhigg, Charles.

24

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /
Hillenbrand, Laura.

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