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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
August 14, 2016
1. Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
by Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt

A former Secret Service officer claims to have witnessed scandalous behavior by the Clintons.
2. Hillary's America: The Secret History of The Democratic Party
by Dinesh D'Souza

The conservative author and pundit warns of disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
3. Armageddon: The Battle to Stop Obama's Third Term
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

The political strategist offers a game plan for how to defeat Hillary Clinton.
4. Hamilton: The Revolution
by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

The libretto of the award-winning musical, with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.
5. When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
6. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America.
7. Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Patriots
by David Fisher

Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
8. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth

A psychologist says passion and perseverance are the keys to success.
9. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance

A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America's white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt. 
10. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
by Nancy Isenberg

The role of the white poor in American history.
11. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight

A memoir by the founder of Nike.
12. Wake Up America: The Nine Virtues That Made Our Nation Great -- And Why We Need Them More Than Ever
by Eric Bolling

The Fox News Channel personality describes nine key American virtues that he maintains are under attack by President Obama and Hillary Clinton.
13. 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 how they can do better.
14. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

A history of the popular and influential sitcom, which ran from 1989 to 1998.
15. The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
by Heather Mac Donald

The author expands on her reporting on the "Ferguson effect," the criminal-justice system and the Black Lives Matter movement.
16. But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present as if It Were the Past
by Chuck Klosterman

Imagining the contemporary world as it will appear to those for whom it will be the distant past.
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A version of this list appears in the August 14, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 30, 2016.


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