New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2015 Complete List Page 3

There are 264 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2015 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 61 to 90.

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61. Deep Down Dark

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Héctor Tobar
Release date: Oct 07, 2014
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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.

62. David And Goliath

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Malcolm Gladwell
Release date: Oct 01, 2013
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How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.”

63. The Heart Of Everything That Is

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by: Bob Drury Tom Clavin
Release date: Nov 05, 2013
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A biography of the influential Sioux leader Red Cloud examines his military prowess and the Plains Indians’ changing way of life.

64. Leaving Before The Rains Come

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Alex ra Fuller
Release date: Jan 22, 2015
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A memoir of a marriage’s collapse, by the author of “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.”

65. Ghettoside

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Jill Leovy
Release date: Jan 27, 2015
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The investigation of a young black man’s murder in 2007 raises questions about race and the criminal justice system.

66. Between You & Me

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Mary Norris
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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A memoir of a career in the New Yorker’s storied copy department, along with grammar advice.

67. A Fine Romance

Weeks on the list: 4

by: C ice Bergen
Release date: Apr 07, 2015
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The actress’s memoir discusses her marriage to Louis Malle and her work on “Murphy Brown.”

68. A Curious Mind

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Brian Grazer Charles Fishman
Release date: Apr 07, 2015
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The Oscar-winning producer describes the importance of curiosity in his life, and how others can harness its power.

69. Clinton Cash

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Peter Schweizer
Release date: May 05, 2015
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An examination of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities.

70. The Book Of Joan

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Melissa Rivers
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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A memoir of life, often uproarious, with the comedian Joan Rivers, written by her daughter.

71. Think Like A Freak

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Steven D Levitt Stephen J Dubner
Release date: May 12, 2014
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How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.”

72. The Quartet

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Joseph J Ellis
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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How Washington, Hamilton, Jay and Madison created the Constitution.

73. Elon Musk

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Ashlee Vance
Release date: May 19, 2015
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A technology writer follows Musk’s life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet start-ups like the rocket company SpaceX, the electric-car company Tesla and the solar power installation company Solar City.

74. Adios, America!

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Ann Coulter
Release date: Jun 01, 2015
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The political commentator denounces immigrants, immigration and liberals.

75. A Full Life

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Jimmy Carter
Release date: Jul 07, 2015
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At 90, the 39th president (and Nobel Prize winner) reflects on his private and public life.

76. A Common Struggle

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Patrick J Kennedy Stephen Fried
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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The former Rhode Island representative, the son of Senator Ted Kennedy, describes his troubles with bipolar disorder and addiction and his subsequent advocacy for mental health care and research.

77. Rosemary

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Kate Clifford Larson
Release date: Oct 06, 2015
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The tragic story of the Kennedys’ intellectually disabled oldest daughter.

78. Notorious Rbg

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Irin Carmon Shana Knizhnik
Release date: Oct 27, 2015
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A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

79. The Power Of Habit

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Charles Duhigg
Release date: Feb 28, 2012
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A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.

80. Orange Is The New Black

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Piper Kerman
Release date: Apr 06, 2010
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A memoir by a Brooklyn woman whose relationship with a drug runner gets her sentenced to a year in prison. The basis for the Netflix series, originally published in 2010.

81. The Andy Cohen Diaries

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Andy Cohen
Release date: Nov 11, 2014
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One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of “Watch What Happens Live.”

82. Boys In The Trees

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Carly Simon
Release date: Nov 24, 2015
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A memoir by the singer.

83. It Was Me All Along

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Andie Mitchell
Release date: Jan 06, 2015
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A memoir about the author’s long struggle with, and eventual victory over, obesity.

84. Humans Of New York

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Br on Stanton
Release date: Oct 15, 2013
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Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by Stanton.

85. The Reaper

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Nicholas Irving Gary Brozek
Release date: Jan 27, 2015
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A memoir by a deadly special operations sniper deployed to Afghanistan.

86. Believer

Weeks on the list: 3

by: David Axelrod
Release date: Feb 01, 2015
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A memoir by the political consultant who became Barack Obama’s campaign strategist and White House adviser.

87. Thunderstruck

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Erik Larson
Release date: Oct 24, 2006
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Intertwined stories of early-20th-century murder and scientific intrigue, by the author of “The Devil in the White City”; first published in 2006.

88. Every Day I Fight

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Stuart Scott Larry Platt
Release date: Mar 01, 2015
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A memoir by the ESPN anchor and commentator, who died of cancer in January 2015.

89. Bettyville

Weeks on the list: 3

by: George Hodgman
Release date: Mar 10, 2015
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A New York editor returns to his Missouri hometown to care for his aging mother.

90. Becoming Steve Jobs

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Brent Schlender Rick Tetzeli
Release date: Mar 24, 2015
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How Jobs, who started out as a brash young genius, developed a more mature management style.

Last updated on December 18, 2021