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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 22, 2015
1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande

The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and offers suggestions for how they can do better; the subject of a PBS documentary.
2. Girl In A Band: A Memoir
by Kim Gordon

A memoir by a founding member of Sonic Youth.
3. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.
4. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
5. H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald

Overwhelmed by her father's death, a British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a bird that is fierce and notoriously difficult to tame.
6. Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Capture Your Data and Control Your World
by Bruce Schneier

A security expert offers tips for protecting your privacy and proposes an alternative to mass surveillance by government and corporations.
7. What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe

Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.
8. Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying)
by Bill Gifford

A review of the science of -- and myths about -- aging, and advice on how to live longer.
9. Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
by Marc Goodman

The world of cybercrime and corporate spying, and advice on protecting yourself.
10. Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
by David Axelrod

A memoir by the political consultant who became Barack Obama's campaign strategist and White House adviser.
11. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
by Lena Dunham

Essays, mostly humorous, from the creator and star of Girls.
12. Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry
by Dave Barry

Humorous essays on topics ranging from the World Cup in Brazil to home improvement and including Barry's letters to his teenage daughter and his newborn grandson.
13. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder

A successful American hedge fund manager in Russia was expelled by kleptocrats who then seized his property.
14. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

The experience of the young Pakistani advocate for women's education who was shot by the Taliban and later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
15. It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
by Lynsey Addario

A photojournalist who shared a Pulitzer for her work describes her experience covering wars.
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A version of this list appears in the March 22, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 7, 2015.


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