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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 8, 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. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, an S.N.L. alumna and the star of Parks and Recreation.
3. God, Guns, Grits and Gravy
by Mike Huckabee

The former Arkansas governor offers his take on our fractious American culture.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
by Héctor Tobar

An account, based on interviews, of the experience of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and, incredibly, rescued.
8. 41: A Portrait of My Father
by George W. Bush

The former president's portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush.
9. America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
by Steven Brill

The issues in American health care and health care reform and recent developments including the drafting and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, by the journalist, editor and lawyer.
10. 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.
11. Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
by Eric Foner

A history of the Underground Railroad, the network that spirited slaves to freedom in the decades before the Civil War.
12. 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 and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
13. It Was Me All Along
by Andie Mitchell

A memoir about the author's long struggle with, and eventual victory over, obesity.
14. Guantánamo Diary
by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Slahi, A Mauritanian who has been a captive since shortly after 9/11, gives an account of his ordeal.
15. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
by Anne Lamott

Essays about forgiveness, transformation and grace.
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A version of this list appears in the February 8, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 24, 2015.


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