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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 28, 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. 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.
3. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
4. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson

An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
5. Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again
by Teresa Giudice and K.C. Baker

One if the Real Housewives of New Jersey looks back on her life, including time in prison following a federal fraud conviction.
6. 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.
7. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
by Adam Grant

A Wharton School professor argues that innovators are made, not born, and offers suggestions for how to become one.
8. In Other Words
by Jhumpa Lahiri and Ann Goldstein

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist describes learning to write in another language, Italian.
9. Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
10. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History
by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.
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. 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.
13. West of Eden: An American Place
by Jean Stein

An oral history of five significant Los Angeles families.
14. The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
 
15. Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg

The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene.
16. Gratitude
by Oliver Sacks

Four essays about living a good life and facing mortality by the neurologist and author, who died last August. 

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A version of this list appears in the February 28, 2016, issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 13, 2016.


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