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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 26, 2017
1. Portraits of Courage: A Commander In Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors
by George W. Bush

Sixty-six color paintings and a four-panel mural, accompanied by brief biographies, show members of the military who have served since 9/11. By the former president.
2. 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.
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. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifiesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A feminist manifesto in 15 suggestion for empowering a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.
5. 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.
6. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams

Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering.
7. Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
by David Horowitz

A battle plan for the Trump White House.
8. 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.
9. South and West: From a Notebook
by Joan Didion

Notebook excerpts about a Southern road trip and Patty Hearst's trial.
10. 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.
11. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the North Pond Hermit
by Michael Finkel

The story of a hermit who lived by stealing food in the Maine woods for 27 years until caught in 2013.
12. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari

A provocative look into the future by the author of Sapiens.
13. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
by Tom Clavin

This history of the "wickedest town in the West," full of colorful characters, focuses on Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.
14. 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.
15. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
by Norman Ohler; translated by Shaun Whiteside

An account of the Third Reich's widespread use of drugs, particularly methamphetamines.
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A version of this list appears in the March 26, 2017 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 11, 2017.


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