Using the Library | Catalog/Account | eContent |  Research | Services | Events | About Us New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers October 18, 2015 1. 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. 2. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling More personal essays from the comedian and actress. 3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson A humorous treatment of the author's life with depression and anxiety disorder.  4. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son. 5. 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. 6. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.   7. In This Together: My Story by Ann Romney A memoir by the wife of the 2012 Republican presidential candidate discusses her faith, family and experience with MS. 8. Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert B. Reich The former secretary of labor in the Clinton Administration, now a professor of public policy, considers how to reverse income inequality. 9. I'll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones as told to Paul Morley The life of the singer, model and actress, once a Studio 54 disco queen. 10. 1944: FDR and the Year that Changed History by Jay Winik A pivotal year that saw D-Day, the liberation of Paris, Franklin Roosevelt's re-election and the Battle of the Bulge. 11. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene. 12. Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux In his 10th travel book, Theroux journeys in the rural American South. 13. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber A comic turned pastor documents encounters with grace and finding divinity in unlikely places. 14. Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary by Edward Klein An unflattering portrait of Hillary Clinton. 15. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr The author of The Liars' Club offers instruction in memoir-writing.  © 2015 All rights reserved by New York Times Syndication Sales Corp. This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.   A version of this list appears in the October 18, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 3, 2015. Subscribe to other newsletters | View newsletter archives | Readers' Club on library website