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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 5, 2017
1. 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.
2. This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever
by Rory Feek

The songwriter describes his difficult childhood, love for his wife, and her death from cancer in 2016.
3. 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.
4. The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show Fixer Upper.
5. Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
by David Horowitz

A battle plan for the Trump White House.
6. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering.
7. Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

Eisenhower's farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.
8. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian, now the host of The Daily Show.
9. Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
by Margot Shetterly

The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie.
10. You Are The Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos

Defining a human universe in which each of us is a co-creator of reality.
11. Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman

How globalization, climate change and the accelerating pace of technology are reshaping the world.
12. When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
13. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
by Michael Dyson

A frank and searing discussion of race.
14. 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.
15. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
by Michael Lewis

How the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky upended assumptions about the decision-making process.
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A version of this list appears in the March 5, 2017 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 18, 2017.


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