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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
December 4, 2016
1. Settle for More
by Megyn Kelly

The anchor of Fox News's The Kelly File discusses her upbringing, why she left a successful career as a lawyer, the value of hard work, and the personal and professional challenges she has faced.
2. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the final years of World War II.
3. Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
by Bernie Sanders

The Vermont senator and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for president delivers his message of social and economic justice.
4. 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.
5. Scrappy Little Nobody
by Anna Kendrick

Autobiographical essays by the young actress. 
6. The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

The lives of the couple who star in HGTV show Fixer Upper.
7. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of The Daily Show, whose birth was the result of an illegal (under apartheid) relationship between a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother.
8. Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries
by Andy Cohen

The further adventures of the TV producer and personality.
9. Born To Run
by Bruce Springsteen

The singer-songwriter's autobiography.
10. 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.
11. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

A discussion between two spiritual leaders about how to find joy in the face of suffering.
12. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America.
13. Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild

The Berkeley sociologist interviews members of the Tea Party in Louisiana.
14. Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
by Tim Tebow with A.J. Gregory

The Heisman Trophy winner writes about overcoming obstacles.
15. Upstream: Selected Essays
by Mary Oliver

The poet's essays, many close observations of the natural world.
16. Testimony
by Robbie Robertson

A memoir by the guitarist and principal songwriter of the Band.
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A version of this list appears in the December 4, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 19, 2016.


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