Using the Library | Catalog/Account | eContent |  Research | Services | Events | About Us New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers April 28, 2019 1. Life Will Be the Death of Me...and You, Too! by Chelsea Handler The comedian chronicles going into therapy and becoming an advocate for change. 2. Becoming by Michelle Obama The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband's political ascent. 3. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university. 4. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty by Susan Page A biography of the former first lady Barbara Bush, based on interviews and her private diaries. 5. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist's patient. 6. Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer shares insights into his craft. 7. The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great by Ben Shapiro The conservative political commentator reflects upon what he considers most impactful to Western civilization. 8. Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump by Rick Reilly A sportswriter handicaps the current president's character, based on how he plays golf. 9. Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration by Emily Bazelon Issues created by mass incarceration and our criminal justice system are explored through the cases of two young people. 10. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl A memoir by the former restaurant critic of The New York Times and editor in chief of Gourmet. 11. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos. 12. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley The development of NASA and the space race against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. 13. Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of  The View by Ramin Setoodeh A behind-the-scenes look at the daytime talk show The View. 14. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. The fight for Reconstruction's promise, the terror ignited by Jim Crow segregation and its modern reverberations.  15. Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen The stories of eight men who became president without being elected because their predecessors died in office. © 2019  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 April 28, 2019 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 13, 2019. Subscribe to other newsletters | View newsletter archives | Readers' Club on library website