NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of December 20, 2012

Published December 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM EST

At No. 6, Katherine Boo's Behind The Beautiful Forevers looks at daily life in a Mumbai slum.

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