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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
July 17, 2016
1. Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience With Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
by Gary Byrne with Grant Schmidt

A former Secret Service officer claims to have witnessed scandalous behavior by the Clintons.
2. 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.
3. Hamilton: The Revolution
by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.
4. Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Patriots
by David Fisher

Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
5. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth

A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.
6. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger

How modern society's loss of the sense of belonging has led to income inequality, incivility and mental disorders like PTSD.
7. Wake Up America: The Nine Virtues that made our Nation Great -- and Why We Need Them More than Ever
by Eric Bolling

The Fox News Channel personality describes nine key American virtues that he maintains are under attack by President Obama and Hillary Clinton.
8. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America. 
9. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
by Nancy Isenberg

The role of the white poor in American history.
10. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt

Mother and son discuss their relationship and difficult family history.
11. House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge
by Lenny Dykstra

The center fielder's memoir describes his life in baseball, business success, struggle with substance abuse, conviction and imprisonment for bankruptcy fraud, and attempt at redemption.
12. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight

A memoir by the founder of Nike.
13. But What if We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present as if It Were the Past
by Chuck Klosterman

Imagining the contemporary world as it will appear to those for whom it will be the distant past.
14. The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This overview of the history and science of genetics also considers moral questions and prospects for future advances in treating disease.
15. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
by Mary Roach

The science that attempts to overcome the challenges soldiers face.
16. If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
by Eric Metaxas

Americans are urged to reconnect with the ideal of liberty.
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A version of this list appears in the July 17, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 2, 2016.


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