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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
December 13, 2015
1. Humans of New York: Stories
by Brandon Stanton

Photographs and interviews from the creator of the  blog and the book Humans of New York.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
by Jon Meacham

A biography of George H.W. Bush.
5. Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling

More personal essays from the comedian and actress.
6. 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 .
7. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
by Leah Remini and Rebecca Paley

The actress describes her life in Scientology and the aftermath of her break with the church in 2013.
8. Binge
by Tyler Oakley

Personal essays from the L.G.B.T.Q. YouTube personality.
9. Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon

A memoir by the singer.
10. The Witches: Salem, 1692
by Stacy Schiff

An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.
11. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. My Life on the Road
by Gloria Steinem

A memoir by the feminist writer and activist is also a history of the movement.
15. Lights Out: A Cyberattack: A Nation Unprepared: Surviving the Aftermath
by Ted Koppel

The journalist warns that we are unprepared for a cyberattack on the nation's power grids that could paralyze our infrastructure.
16. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
by Mary Beard

A concise history of ancient Rome.

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A version of this list appears in the December 13, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 28, 2015.


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