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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestsellers
February 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.
2.
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.
3.
Yes Please
by
Amy Poehler
A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
4.
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.
5.
Leaving Before the Rains Come
by
Alexandra Fuller
A memoir of a marriage's collapse, by the author of
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.
6.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
by
Jill Leovy
The investigation of a young black man's murder in 2007 raises questions about race and the criminal justice system.
7.
God, Guns, Grits and Gravy
by
Mike Huckabee
The former Arkansas governor offers his take on our fractious American culture.
8.
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
by
Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek
A memoir by a deadly special operations sniper deployed to Afghanistan.
9.
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.
10.
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
by
Frances E. Jensen with Amy Ellis Nutt
What neuroscience has learned about brain development in the teenage years, and practical suggestions for parents based on those findings.
11.
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by
Bill Browder
An American hedge fund manager in Russia is expelled by kleptocrats who then seize his property.
12.
Humans of New York
by
Brandon Stanton
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers.
13.
God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
by
Gerald Posner
The Catholic Church and money, from the sale of indulgences in the Middle Ages to the papacy's dealings with the Nazis to the Vatican Bank scandal.
14.
The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
by
Norman Doidge
Doctors and patients who make use of neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to heal.
15.
I Am Malala: 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.
16.
America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
by
Steven Brill
Issues in American health care and health care reform, and recent developments including the Affordable Care Act..
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A version of this list appears in the February 22, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 7, 2015.
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