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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 26, 2017
1. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance

A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of aAmerica's white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt.
2. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

 The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the final years of World War II.
 
3. The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show Fixer Upper.
4. Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

Eisenhower's fairewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.
5. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

A discussion between two spiritual leaders about how to find joy in the face of suffering.
6. Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
by David Horowitz

A battle plan for the Trump White House.
7. You Are The Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos

Defining a human universe in which each of us is a co-creator of reality.
8. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
by Michael Eric Dyson

A frank and searing discussion of race.
9. Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space
by Margot Lee Shetterly

The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie.
10. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
by Michael Lewis

How the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky upended assumptions about the decision-making process.
11. 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.
12. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
by Sheelah Kolhatkar

The career of the hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen, who was accused of relying on inside information.
13. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian, now the host of The Daily Show.
14. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America.
15. Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman

How globalization, climate change and the accelerating pace of technology are reshaping the world.
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A version of this list appears in the February 26, 2017 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 11, 2017.


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