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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
January 29, 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 America's white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt.
2. Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
by Bret Baier

Eisenhower's farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.
3. 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.
4. The Princess Diarist
by Carrie Fisher

Recollections of life on the set of the first Star Wars movie by the actress and writer, who died in December.
5. 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.
6. 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 and invented the field of behavioral economics.
7. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
by Douglas Preston

A frightening search for a lost civilization in the Honduran rain forest.
8. The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism can Create an Economy for Everyone
by David Smick

A call for economic policies that will promote economic growth by encouraging Main Street capitalism (small businesses and start-ups) rather than Wall Street capitalism.
9. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams

A discussion between two spiritual leaders about how to find joy in the face of suffering.
10. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
by Peter Wohlleben

A forester presents scientific research on the way trees interact with one another. A best seller in Germany.
11. 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, and what we can do about it.
12. 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.
13.The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes

A science writer warns of sugar's dangers.
14. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America.
15. 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.
16. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of The Daily Show.
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A version of this list appears in the January 29, 2017 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 14, 2017.


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