Using the Library | Catalog/Account | eContent |  Research | Services | Events | About Us New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 11, 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. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling More personal essays from the comedian and actress. 3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson A humorous treatment of the author's life with depression and anxiety disorder.  4. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son. 5. 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. 6. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.   7. Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future by Mark R. Levin The talk-radio host urges young Americans to resist the statist masterminds who, he says, are burdening them with debt and inferior education. 8. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber A comic turned pastor documents encounters with grace. 9. 1944: FDR and the Year that Changed History by Jay Winik A pivotal year that saw D-Day, the liberation of Paris, Franklin Roosevelt's re-election and the Battle of the Bulge. 10. Killing the Messenger: The Right-wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack your Government by David Brock A former right-wing operative describes his transformation and passionately defends Hillary Clinton. 11. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene. 12. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr The author of The Liars' Club offers instruction in memoir-writing. 13. Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton with Sarah Tomlinson Bipolar disorder drove a former Olympic runner to become a high-priced Las Vegas escort. 14. My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg More than a decade's worth of essays about the South, covering topics like football, fishing and food. 15. Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David Maraniss Detroit in 1963, the end of its boom and the beginning of its collapse. 16. 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.  © 2015 All rights reserved by New York Times Syndication Sales Corp. This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.   A version of this list appears in the October 11, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 26, 2015. Subscribe to other newsletters | View newsletter archives | Readers' Club on library website