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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
April 5, 2015
1. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson

The last voyage of the Lusitania, by the author of The Devil in the White City.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald

A grief-stricken British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a fierce bird that is notoriously difficult to tame.
5. Every Day I Fight
by Stuart Scott with Larry Platt

A memoir by the ESPN anchor and commentator, who died of cancer in January 2015.
6. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
7. 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.
8. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.
9. Girl In A Band
by Kim Gordon

A memoir by a founding member of Sonic Youth.
10. Bettyville
by George Hodgman

A New York editor returns to his Missouri hometown to care for his aging mother.
11. Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
by Barney Frank

Looking back on his career, the former representative describes his pragmatic approach to liberal politics as well as his conflicts over revealing his sexuality.
12. Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
by Frank Bruni

The New York Times columnist urges students and their parents to give up the high-stakes competition for Ivy League admission and consider other types of schools and other measures of success.
13. Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
by Robert D. Putnam

A social scientist argues that income inequality is creating an "opportunity gap" for poor children that is destroying the American dream.
14. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari

How Homo sapiens became Earth's dominant species.
15. 17 Carnations: The Royals, The Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
by Andrew Morton

The Duke of Windsor; his wife, Wallis Simpson; and their relations with the Nazis.
16. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
by Lena Dunham

Essays from the creator and star of Girls.
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A version of this list appears in the April 5, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 21, 2015.


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