There are 264 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2015 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 211 to 240.
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211. When To Rob A Bank
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by: Steven D Levitt , Stephen J Dubner Release date: May 05, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Celebrating ten years of “Freakonomics” with a collection of curated economic blog posts from its companion website.
212. Etched In Sand
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by: Regina Calcaterra Release date: Aug 06, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Five siblings survive childhood abuse, foster care and homelessness on Long Island.
213. Going Clear
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by: Lawrence Wright Release date: Jan 17, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author examines the world of Scientology.
214. The Great War Of Our Time
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by: Michael Morell , Bill Harlow Release date: May 12, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A high-level C.I.A. officer assesses the agency’s counterterrorism successes and failures.
215. Hold Still
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by: Sally Mann Release date: May 12, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The photographer’s thoughts on art, photography, family and the South.
216. Lady Catherine, The Earl, And The Real Downton Abbey
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by: the Countess of Carnarvon Release date: Oct 29, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of Catherine Wendell and her husband, who became the sixth Earl of Carnarvon.
217. Do No Harm
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by: Henry Marsh Release date: May 26, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Stories of life, death and operating on the brain from the neurosurgeon featured in the documentary film “The English Surgeon.”
218. Beyond Belief
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by: Jenna Miscavige Hill , Lisa Pulitzer Release date: Feb 05, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How the niece of the Scientology leader David Miscavige left the church at 21.
219. On Gold Mountain
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by: Lisa See Release date: Aug 20, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A multi-generational portrait of a Chinese-American family’s experience in the United States, the title’s “Gold Mountain.”
220. Happily Ali After
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by: Ali Wentworth Release date: Mar 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
As she approaches 50, the actress and comedian embarks on a (humorous) quest for self-improvement.
221. The Mother Tongue
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by: Bill Bryson Release date: Jun 02, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A celebration of the resilience of the English language; first published in 1990 and just reissued.
222. Pirate Hunters
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by: Robert Kurson Release date: Jun 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The hunt for a 17th-century pirate ship.
223. One Man Against The World
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by: Tim Weiner Release date: Jun 16, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An award-winning journalist’s chilling account of the Nixon
presidency, based in part on recently declassified material.
224. The Reagan Diaries
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by: Ronald Reagan Release date: Mar 17, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Selections from the 40th president’s daily White House diaries; originally published in 2007.
225. Ally
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by: Michael B Oren Release date: Jun 23, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, now a Knesset member.
226. Tell My Sons
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by: Mark M Weber Release date: Dec 24, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Letters to his three sons from an Army lieutenant colonel who learned he had Stage 4 cancer; originally published in 2013.
227. Paul Newman
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by: Shawn Levy Release date: May 05, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of the actor; originally published in 2009.
228. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
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by: Karen Abbott Release date: Sep 02, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Four courageous women in the Civil War.
229. Let’s Take The Long Way Home
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by: Gail Caldwell Release date: Aug 10, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A tribute to a deep friendship between two women writers. Originally published in 2010.
230. A Long Way Gone
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by: Ishmael Beah Release date: Aug 05, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A former child soldier’s killing spree and return to humanity.
231. Founding Mothers
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by: Cokie Roberts Release date: Apr 14, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The news analyst details the lives of the many women (Abigail Adams and Martha Washington among them) who “raised our nation.” Originally published in 2004.
232. In The Kingdom Of Ice
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by: Hampton Sides Release date: Aug 05, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An 1879 polar voyage gone terribly wrong.
233. Chief Joseph & The Flight Of The Nez Perce
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by: Kent Nerburn Release date: Oct 13, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of the great American Indian leader and his people’s doomed bid for freedom.
234. Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives
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by: Terry Jones , Alan Ereira Release date: May 27, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Monty Python alum’s history was written to accompany the 2004 BBC series.
235. Unsinkable
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by: Debbie Reynolds , Dorian Hannaway Release date: Apr 02, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A second memoir by the actress, singer and dancer presents stories about her show-business friends, her man and money troubles, and her children.
236. Taking The Lead
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by: Derek Hough Release date: Aug 05, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir and advice from the dancer, a “Dancing With the Stars” regular.
237. Bulletproof
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by: Maci Bookout Release date: Jul 21, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
One of the women featured on MTV’s “Teen Mom” tells how she has built a life for herself and her son.
238. Waiter Rant
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by: Steve Dublanica Release date: Oct 13, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A waiter in an upscale New York City suburb dishes on customers’ outrageous behavior; first published anonymously in 2008.
239. Kennedy Wives
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by: Amber Hunt , David Batcher Release date: Dec 02, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A look at the women who married into the Kennedy family.
240. Under Magnolia
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by: Frances Mayes Release date: Apr 01, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the author of “Under the Tuscan Sun” looks at her claustrophobic childhood in the Deep South.
Last updated on December 18, 2021