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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
June 14, 2015
1. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
2. The Road to Character
by David Brooks

The Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.
3. And the Good News Is. . . : Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
by Dana Perino

The Fox News contributor and former press secretary under President George W. Bush reviews her life and career.
4. 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.
5. Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Real West
by David Fisher

Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News Series.
6. Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
by Nick Offerman

The actor, who was formerly a star of Parks and Recreation, takes a humorous look at what makes great Americans great.
7. 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; by the author of The Devil in the White City.
8. It's A Long Story: My Life
by Willie Nelson with David Ritz

The country music star discusses his life's journey, from selling encyclopedias to professional fame.
9. American Wife: Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
by Taya Kyle with Jim DeFelice

The widow of Chris Kyle, of American Sniper fame, describes her life after his death.
10. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance

A technology writer follows Musk's life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet start-ups like the rocket company SpaceX, the electric-car company Tesla and the solar power installation company Solar City.
11. A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope
by Tom Brokaw

The journalist describes the year following his diagnosis with multiple myeloma.
12. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
by Joseph J. Ellis

How Washington, Hamilton, Jay and Madison created the Constitution; by the author of Founding Brothers.
13. Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich
by Peter Schweizer

An examination of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities.
14. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
by Henry Marsh

Stories of life, death and operating on the brain from the neurosurgeon featured in the documentary film The English Surgeon.
15. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The writer's autobiography, the source of her Little House on the Prairie books, completed in 1930 and never published, is annotated by a biographer.
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A version of this list appears in the June 7, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 30, 2015.


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