Using the Library | Catalog/Account | eContent |  Research | Services | Events | About Us New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers September 20, 2015 1. Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future by Mark R. Levin The talk-radio host urges young Americans to resist the statist masterminds who, he says, are burdening them with debt and inferior education. 2. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son. 3. Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney The former Vice President and his daughter chart their vision for a formidable future America. 4. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.   5. 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. 6. Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football by John U. Bacon A tribute to the Michigan Wolverines football program, its rise, fall and resurgence. 7. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene. 8. Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman A science writer argues for the concept of neurodiversity, the idea that conditions like autism are natural human variations with some adaptive elements, and surveys the history of autism for what it can tell us about the current spike in diagonses. 9. On the Move: A Life by Oliver W. Sacks A memoir by the neurologist and writer, the author of Awakenings and many other books, who died in August. 10. 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. 11. Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda R Hirshman Two women who have imprinted Supreme Court history: Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 12. Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command by Sean Naylor A soldier talks of life on the inside, as a special-operations commando. 13. The Road to Character by David Brooks The Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age. 14. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter At 90, the 39th president (and Nobel Prize winner) reflects on his private and public life. 15. You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day A memoir of rising to stardom in the web video world. 16. 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 SpaceX.  © 2015 All rights reserved by New York Times Syndication Sales Corp. This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.   A version of this list appears in the September 20, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 5, 2015. Subscribe to other newsletters | View newsletter archives | Readers' Club on library website