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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
June 6, 2021

1. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
by John Green

A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet.
2. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig

The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner brings to light the secrets, scandals and shortcomings of the Secret Service.
3. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard 

The 10th book in the conservative commentator's Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.
4. What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.
5. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein

What might cause variability in judgments that should be identical and potential ways to remedy this.
6. Yearbook
by Seth Rogen

A collection of personal essays by the actor, writer, producer, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
7. Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
8. The Premonition
by Michael Lewis

Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines.
9. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell

A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.
10. Untamed
by Glennon Doyle

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
11. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
12. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
by Daniel James Brown

The story of four Japanese-American families, who faced bigotry, and their sons, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
13. Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption
by Alex Marlow

The editor in chief of Breitbart News gives his views on establishment media.
14. Billie Eilish
by Billie Eilish

A memoir by the multiple Grammy Award-winning recording artist.
15. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
by Adam Grant

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
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A version of this list appears in the June 6,2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 22, 2021.
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