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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 8, 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; the subject of a PBS documentary.
2. Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
by David Axelrod

A memoir by the political consultant who became Barack Obama's campaign strategist and White House adviser.
3. 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.
4. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress. . .
5. 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.
6. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder

A successful American hedge fund manager in Russia who was expelled by kleptocrats who then seized his property.
7. 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 and Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness.
8. H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald

Overwhelmed by her father's death, a British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a bird that is fierce and notoriously difficult to tame.
9. 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 later won the Nobel Peace Prize..
10. 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.
11. It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
by Lynsey Addario

A photojournalist describes her experience covering wars.
12. 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.
13. Killing Jesus: A History
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events leading up to Jesus' execution. 
14. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
by Anne Lamott

Essays about forgiveness, transformation and grace.
15. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval N. Harari

How Homo sapiens became Earth's dominant species.
16. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden

The making of the movie The Princess Bride, 25 years ago.
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A version of this list appears in the March 8, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 21, 2015.


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