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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 15, 2015
1. 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 offers suggestions for how they can do better.
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. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, a Saturday Night Live alumna and the star of Parks and Recreation.
4. God, Guns, Grits and Gravy
by Mike Huckabee

The former Arkansas governor offers his take on our fractious American culture.
5. 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.
6. The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
by Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek

A memoir by a deadly special operations sniper deployed to Afghanistan.
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. Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
by Jill Leovy

The investigation of a young black man's murder in 2007 raises questions about race and the criminal justice system.
9. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
by Lena Dunham

Essays, mostly humorous, from the creator and star of Girls.
10. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
by Héctor Tobar

An account, based on interviews, of the experience of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and, incredibly, rescued.
11. America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
by Steven Brill

The issues in American health care and health care reform and recent developments including the drafting and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, by the journalist, editor and lawyer.
12. 41: A Portrait of My Father
by George W. Bush

The former president's portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush.
13. Leaving Before the Rains Come
by Alexandra Fuller

A memoir of a marriage's collapse, by the author of  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.
14. Guantánamo Diary
by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

An account of the ordeal of a Mauritanian held captive since shortly after 9/11.
15. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

The experience of the young Pakistani advocate for women's education who was shot by the Taliban and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
16. Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
by Eric Foner

A history of the Underground Railroad, the network that spirited slaves to freedom in the decades before the Civil War.
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A version of this list appears in the February 15, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 31, 2015.


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