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New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 9, 2014
1. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
by Robert M. Gates

The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents Bush and Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
2. Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
by Charles Krauthammer

Three decades' worth of essays from the conservative columnist.
3. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell

How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of The Tipping Point and Outliers.
4. 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.
5. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell

The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
6. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

The Pakistani girl who advocated for women's education and was shot by the Taliban.
7. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution.
8. My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
by Scott Stossel

A study of anxiety disorder by the editor of The Atlantic, drawing on research as well as personal experience.
9. The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
by Erik Brynjolfsson

How digital technologies will change our lives and the economy, and what we can do to prepare ourselves.
10. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand

An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
11. Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life
by Jane Pauley

The broadcast journalist presents the challenges of midlife.
12. The Loudest Voice in the Room: Fox News and the Making of America
by Gabriel Sherman

A journey inside the world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder, Roger Ailes.
13. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The author of Team of Rivals explores the relationships between Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the muckraking press.
14. Humans of New York
by Brandon Stanton

Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers.
15. Little Failure: A Memoir
by Gary Shteyngart

A memoir of growing up in a family that immigrated from Leningrad to Queens.
16. One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson

The author of A Short History of Nearly Everything describes the events of the summer of 1927.
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A version of this list appears in the February 9, 2014 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 25, 2014.
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