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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
April 24, 2016
1. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt

Mother and son discuss their relationship and difficult family history.
2. The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
by Arianna Huffington

What scientific research reveals about the dangers of sleep deprivation, and tips for achieving better sleep habits. By the founder of The Huffington Post.
3. The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's  Vision of the Future
by Steve Case

In the current era, entrepreneurs will use technology to revolutionize various sectors of the economy
4. 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.
5. Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting
by Lesley Stahl

The reporter investigates how "grandmothering" transforms a woman's life.
6. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
7. Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren

A geobiologist shares her fascination with plants and describes how she found her vocation.
8. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
by Peggy Orenstein

Interviews with more than 70 teenagers shed light on their experience of sexuality.
9. 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 of Habit.
10. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli

An introduction to modern physics.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
by Adam Hochschild

Americans who fought in and wrote about the Spanish Civil War.
15. Lust & Wonder
by Augusten Burroughs

Burroughs's post-rehab love life in 1990s New York City, and its eventual happy ending.
16. Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
by Dan Lyons

A longtime tech writer, age 52, takes a job at a start-up called HubSpot.
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A version of this list appears in the April 24, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 9, 2016.


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