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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 14, 2016
1. 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.
2. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer

An account of how the Koch brothers and other super-wealthy donors deployed their money to change American politics.
3. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
4. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson

An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
5. The Name of God Is Mercy: A Conversation With Andrea Tornielli
by Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli

In a conversation with a Vatican reporter, the pontiff explores the cornerstone of his faith.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
10. Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body
by Jo Marchant

A science writer assesses the influential role of the mind in our overall health.
11. Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg

The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene.
12. Gratitude
by Oliver Sacks

Four essays about living a good life and facing mortality by the neurologist and author, who died last August. 
13. 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.
14. The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed A. El-Erian

A former C.E.O. argues that we must overcome our reliance on central banks and create a sustainable global economy.
15. Why the Right Went Wrong: American Conservatism -- From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Republican politics from Goldwater onward.
16. 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.

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A version of this list appears in the February 14, 2016, issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 30, 2016.


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