NY Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers 2015

1.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,699 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,184 ratings
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Yes Please
Yes Please 3.85 avg rating — 548,536 ratings
4.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,886 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,042 ratings
6.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,260 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,616 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,468 ratings
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" 3.29 avg rating — 134,384 ratings
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 4.14 avg rating — 191,209 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,304 ratings
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It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War 4.34 avg rating — 13,217 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,717 ratings
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Humans of New York
Humans of New York 4.49 avg rating — 18,020 ratings
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 4.44 avg rating — 104,274 ratings
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4.18 avg rating — 62,999 ratings
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns]
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] 3.86 avg rating — 509,678 ratings
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,786 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,767 ratings
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So, Anyway...
So, Anyway... 3.72 avg rating — 13,874 ratings
21.
God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican 3.98 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,668 ratings
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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck 3.78 avg rating — 55,025 ratings
24.
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future 4.13 avg rating — 434,846 ratings
25.
Guantánamo Diary
Guantánamo Diary 4.10 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,730 ratings
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¡Adios, America!: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole
¡Adios, America!: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole 4.03 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,114 ratings
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,761 ratings
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A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone 4.16 avg rating — 192,413 ratings
31.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter 3.84 avg rating — 28,503 ratings
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Modern Romance: An Investigation
Modern Romance: An Investigation 3.80 avg rating — 189,344 ratings
33.
Why Not Me?
Why Not Me? 3.90 avg rating — 223,804 ratings
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Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life 4.16 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
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The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,948 ratings
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General 4.13 avg rating — 27,313 ratings
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever 3.95 avg rating — 1,385 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,920 ratings
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Leaving Before the Rains Come
Leaving Before the Rains Come 3.80 avg rating — 6,529 ratings
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 4.18 avg rating — 73,023 ratings
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny 3.56 avg rating — 50,357 ratings
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Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free 3.92 avg rating — 11,838 ratings
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America 4.07 avg rating — 19,295 ratings
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 3.91 avg rating — 43,558 ratings
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Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins
Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins 3.10 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace 3.88 avg rating — 12,050 ratings
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Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design 4.32 avg rating — 1,756 ratings
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The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery
The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery 4.20 avg rating — 375 ratings
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God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy 3.82 avg rating — 478 ratings
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The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity 4.20 avg rating — 5,601 ratings
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
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Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry
Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry 3.86 avg rating — 2,341 ratings
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The Road to Character
The Road to Character 3.65 avg rating — 25,862 ratings
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Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War 3.83 avg rating — 4,217 ratings
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The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 4.15 avg rating — 6,622 ratings
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Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen 3.61 avg rating — 6,468 ratings
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Born with Teeth
Born with Teeth 3.93 avg rating — 10,015 ratings
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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison 3.72 avg rating — 204,762 ratings
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On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating — 21,246 ratings
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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating — 466,987 ratings
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America 3.86 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Under the Tuscan Sun 3.77 avg rating — 329,139 ratings
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 72,136 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating — 45,837 ratings
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Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness 3.54 avg rating — 7,672 ratings
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The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year 3.54 avg rating — 14,129 ratings
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt 3.93 avg rating — 3,655 ratings
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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults 3.77 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
by: Ted Cruz
4.13 avg rating — 1,237 ratings
68.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption 4.63 avg rating — 254,487 ratings
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Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich
Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,085 ratings
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 4.03 avg rating — 138,795 ratings
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On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
by: Amy Purdy
4.28 avg rating — 1,466 ratings
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When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants 3.53 avg rating — 14,871 ratings
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution 4.12 avg rating — 39,122 ratings
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,973 ratings
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The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers 4.17 avg rating — 5,590 ratings
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's 3.92 avg rating — 69,100 ratings
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My Lobotomy
My Lobotomy 3.76 avg rating — 14,250 ratings
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Dean and Me:
Dean and Me: 4.07 avg rating — 3,824 ratings
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Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
Believer: My Forty Years in Politics 4.16 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America 4.16 avg rating — 4,382 ratings
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Paul Newman: A Life
Paul Newman: A Life 3.84 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America 4.13 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
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John: A Biography
John: A Biography 4.12 avg rating — 9,083 ratings
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Memories Are Made of This: Dean Martin Through His Daughter's Eyes
Memories Are Made of This: Dean Martin Through His Daughter's Eyes 4.12 avg rating — 1,657 ratings
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Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier 3.78 avg rating — 7,535 ratings
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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance 3.84 avg rating — 9,801 ratings
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Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley 3.56 avg rating — 856 ratings
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession 3.67 avg rating — 21,222 ratings
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Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir 3.49 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by: Tom Reiss
4.02 avg rating — 21,030 ratings
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And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side 4.07 avg rating — 4,741 ratings
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,165 ratings
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs 4.07 avg rating — 8,084 ratings
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 3.25 avg rating — 23,705 ratings
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 3.97 avg rating — 189,401 ratings
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Girl in a Band
Girl in a Band 3.67 avg rating — 31,031 ratings
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Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music 3.81 avg rating — 1,760 ratings
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Future Crimes
Future Crimes 3.93 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
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