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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 20, 2016
1. 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.
2. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
3. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer

An account of how the Koch brothers and other super-wealthy donors deployed their money to change American politics.
4. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
by Michael V. Hayden

A former C.I.A. director defends his policies.
5. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli

An introduction to modern physics.
6. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond

How poor people repeatedly lose their homes while landlords profit.
7. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
by Nancy Jo Sales

How social media has changed the way girls grow up.
8. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold

The mother of one of the Columbine shooters wrestles with her grief and guilt and discusses how parents can become more aware of the signs of mental illness in teenagers.
9. The Name of God Is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli
by Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli

In a conversation with a Vatican reporter, the pontiff explores the cornerstone of his faith.
10. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson

An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
11. 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.
12. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary who Became an American Hero
by Timothy Egan

The life of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who fled to America and was active in Irish-American politics, becoming the general of New York's Irish Brigade during the Civil War.
13. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
by Richard Engel

NBC's chief foreign correspondent discusses the Arab Spring and war in the Middle East.
14. The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry
by John Feinstein

A sportswriter's account of three famous basketball coaches and their rivalry.
15. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
by Rebecca Traister

An investigation into the lives of unmarried women, both their modern experiences and concerns and their role in American history and culture.
16. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
by Adam Grant

A Wharton School professor argues that innovators are made, not born, and offers suggestions for how to become one.
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A version of this list appears in the March 20, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 5, 2016.


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