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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers April 28, 2024
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| 1. Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird. |
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| 2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
A co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children. |
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| 3. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother. |
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| 4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides
The author of On Desperate Ground depicts Captain James Cook's final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy. |
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| 5. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria
The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. |
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| 6. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
The linguist and podcast host examines cognitive biases and coping mechanisms used in our current information age. |
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| 7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events. |
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| 8. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity. |
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| 9. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
Profiles of the workers who connect people with books |
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| 10. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
The tech journalist and podcast host gives an overview of the tech industry and the foibles of its founders. |
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| 11. Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe by Jesse Watters
The Fox News host gives his take on some people whose political views differ from the ones to which he subscribes. |
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| 12. Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer
The author of Red-Handed depicts a scheme involving the Chinese Communist Party's covert operations in America. |
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| 13. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
The MacArthur Foundation fellow and author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest reflects on life and success through the lens of basketball. |
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| 14. All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines
An oral history of the Beatles based on interviews with members of the band and others who were close to them. |
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| 15. Becky Lynch: The Man by Becky Lynch
The WWE star describes her journey from her Catholic upbringing in Ireland to her success in the wrestling ring. |
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