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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
January 25, 2015
1. Yes Please
by Amy Poehler

A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
2. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.
3. 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 offers suggestions for how they can do better.
4. What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe

Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.
5. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
by Lena Dunham

Essays from the creator and star of Girls.
6. 41: A Portrait of My Father
by George W. Bush

The former president’s portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush.
7. America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
by Steven Brill

The issues in American health care and health care reform and recent developments including the drafting and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, by the journalist, editor and lawyer.
8. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
by Héctor Tobar

An account, based on interviews, of the experience of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and, incredibly, rescued.
9. It Was Me All Along
by Andie Mitchell

A memoir about the author's long struggle with, and eventual victory over, obesity.
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 I; the basis for the movie.
11. Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
by Patton Oswalt

The actor and writer's memoir describes his addiction to classic films at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles as he learned to be a stand-up comedian in the late 1990s.
12. The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson

Studies of the people who created computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s.
13. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
by Louis Zamperini

Reminiscense from the subject of the book and movie Unbroken.
14. Humans of New York
by Brandon Stanton

Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers. 
15. The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
by Andy Cohen

One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of Watch What Happens Live.
16. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
by Anne Lamott

Essays about forgiveness, transformation and grace.
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A version of this list appears in the January 25, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 10, 2015.


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