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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 27, 2016
1. 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.
2. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
3. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer

An account of how the Koch brothers and other super-wealthy donors deployed their money to change American politics.
4. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary who Became an American Hero
by Timothy Egan

The life of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who fled to America and became the general of New York's Irish Brigade during the Civil War.
5. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli

An introduction to modern physics.
6. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg

The science of productivity, from the author of The Power Habit.
7. The Name of God Is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli
by Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli

In a conversation with a Vatican reporter, the pontiff explores the cornerstone of his faith.
8. Conspiracies of the Ruling Class: How to Break Their Grip Forever
by Lawrence Lindsey

How to take back control from what the author describes as a bloated, out-of-touch government.
9. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond

How poor people repeatedly lose their homes while landlords profit.
10. 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.
11. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
by Michael V. Hayden

A former C.I.A. director defends his policies.
12. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold

The mother of one of the Columbine shooters wrestles with her grief and guilt.
13. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
by Richard Engel

NBC's chief foreign correspondent discusses the Arab Spring and war in the Middle East.
14. Love, Loss, and What We Ate
by Padma Lakshmi

The cookbook writer and host of Top Chef traces her life's journey, beginning in South India.
15. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson

An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
16. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
by Rebecca Traister

An investigation into the lives of unmarried women, both their modern experiences and concerns and their role in American history and culture.
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A version of this list appears in the March 27, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 12, 2016.


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