There are 15 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2015. The Wright Brothers written by David McCullough is listed as the #1 best seller for 10 weeks.
There are 204 books in the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers 2015 list. Being Mortal written by Atul Gawande is in this list for 49 weeks.
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1. The Wright Brothers
Weeks listed as #1: 10
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by: David McCullough Release date: May 05, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight; by the author of “1776” and “The Greater Journey.”
2. Being Mortal
Weeks listed as #1: 8
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by: Atul Gaw, e Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.
3. Killing Reagan
Weeks listed as #1: 7
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 22, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
4. Plunder And Deceit
Weeks listed as #1: 5
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by: Mark R Levin Release date: Aug 04, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The talk-radio host urges young Americans to resist the statist masterminds who he says are burdening them with debt, inferior education and illegal immigration.
5. Dead Wake
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Erik Larson Release date: Mar 10, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The last voyage of the Lusitania, by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”
6. Between The World And Me
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Ta-Nehisi Coates Release date: Jul 14, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son.
7. Humans Of New York: Stories
Weeks listed as #1: 3
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by: Br, on Stanton Release date: Oct 13, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
More photographs, this time accompanied by interviews, from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
8. Yes Please
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Amy Poehler Release date: Oct 28, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, the “S.N.L.” alumna and star of “Parks and Recreation.”
9. The Road To Character
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: David Brooks Release date: Apr 14, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.
10. Killing Patton
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 23, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the strange death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.
11. Troublemaker
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Leah Remini , Rebecca Paley Release date: Nov 03, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The actress describes her life in Scientology and the aftermath of her break with the church in 2013.
12. Destiny And Power
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Jon Meacham Release date: Nov 10, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of George H.W. Bush.
13. Bill O’reilly’s Legends And Lies
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: David Fisher Release date: Apr 07, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
14. Hope
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Am, a Berry , Gina DeJesus , Mary Jordan , Kevin Sullivan Release date: Apr 27, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Two of the women who were kidnapped by a Cleveland school bus driver and imprisoned, raped and abused by him until they escaped after 10 years tell their story.
15. Why Not Me?
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Mindy Kaling Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
More personal essays from the comedian and actress.
Last updated on December 8, 2021