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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
June 28, 2015
1. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
2. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
by Wednesday Martin

A memoir of life among the wealthy women of the Upper East Side, in the satiric guise of an anthropological study.
 
3. Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Real West
by David Fisher

Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News Series.
4. The Road to Character
by David Brooks

The Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.
5. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson

The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915; by the author of The Devil in the White City.
6. And the Good News Is. . . : Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
by Dana Perino

The Fox News contributor and former press secretary under President George W. Bush reviews her life and career and discusses lessons she has learned.
7. ¡Adios, America! The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole
by Ann H Coulter

The political commentator denounces immigrants and their liberal supporters.
8. It's A Long Story: My Life
by Willie Nelson with David Ritz

The country music star discusses his life's journey, from selling encyclopedias to professional fame.
9. 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.
10. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance

Musk's life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet start-ups like the rocket company SpaceX and the electric-car company Tesla.
11. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
by Joseph J. Ellis

How Washington, Hamilton, Jay and Madison created the Constitution; by the author of Founding Brothers.
12. Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
by Nick Offerman

The actor takes a humorous look at what makes great Americans great.
13. Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales
by Alexandra Wentworth

As she approaches 50, the actress and comedian embarks on a (humorous) quest for self-improvement.
14. A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope
by Tom Brokaw

The journalist describes the year following his diagnosis with multiple myeloma.
15. 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.
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A version of this list appears in the June 28, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 13, 2015.


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