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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
January 10, 2015
1. Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
2. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History
by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.
3. Humans of New York: Stories
by Brandon Stanton

Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book Humans of New York.
4. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by The Atlantic's national correspondent .
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. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
by Jon Meacham

A biography of George H.W. Bush.
7. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
8. Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling

More personal essays from the comedian and actress.
9. Crippled America: How to Make Our Country Great Again
by Donald Trump

The real estate developer and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination shares his ideas for making America great again.
10. The Witches: Salem, 1692
by Stacy Schiff

An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.
11. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
by Mary Beard

A concise history of ancient Rome.
12. Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon

A memoir by the singer.
13. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
14. Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg

The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene.
15. M Train
by Patti Smith

A meditation on art, loss and the past by the singer-songwriter, the author of the National Book Award-winning Just Kids.
16. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson

The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner notoriously sunk by a German torpedo in 1915.

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A version of this list appears in the January 10, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending December 26, 2015.


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