There are 257 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 121 to 150.
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121. When Nobody Was Watching
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by: Carli Lloyd , Wayne Coffey Release date: Sep 26, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How the champion soccer player turned her career around in 2003.
122. My Own Words
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by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Mary Hartnett , Wendy W. Williams Release date: Oct 04, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.
123. A Life In Parts
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by: Bryan Cranston Release date: Oct 11, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The actor discusses his relationships and career.
124. A Torch Kept Lit
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by: William F Buckley Jr Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
More than 50 eulogies for significant 20th-century figures.
125. Not Dead Yet
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by: Phil Collins Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the Genesis drummer/singer/songwriter.
126. Gunslinger
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by: Jeff Pearlman Release date: Nov 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of the quarterback Brett Favre, who won fame on the Green Bay Packers.
127. Strangers In Their Own Land
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by: Arlie Russell Hochschild Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Berkeley sociologist interviews members of the Tea Party in Louisiana.
128. Talking As Fast As I Can
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by: Lauren Graham Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Essays by the star of “The Gilmore Girls” (both the original and the mini-series) and “Parenthood.”
129. Not My Father’s Son
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by: Alan Cumming Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The actor’s memoir describes growing up with his abusive father and his exploration of family mysteries.
130. Lost Girls
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by: Robert Kolker Release date: Jul 09, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An account of the troubled young Internet prostitutes whose bodies were found in Suffolk County, Long Island, in 2010; the cases have not been solved. Originally published in 2013.
131. Notorious Rbg
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by: Irin Carmon , Shana Knizhnik Release date: Oct 27, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
132. The Power Of Habit
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by: Charles Duhigg Release date: Feb 28, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
133. My Life On The Road
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by: Gloria Steinem Release date: Oct 27, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the feminist writer and activist is also a history of the movement.
134. Troublemaker
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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.
135. Black Hawk Down
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by: Mark Bowden Release date: Apr 01, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The bloody battle between American forces and Somali street fighters in 1993. Originally published in 1999.
136. A Thousand Days In Venice
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by: Marlena de Blasi Release date: Jun 11, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by a woman who falls in love with a city and a man. Originally published in 2013.
137. The Lost Tudor Princess
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by: Alison Weir Release date: Jan 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
138. Why The Right Went Wrong
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by: EJ Dionne Jr Release date: Jan 19, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Republican politics from Goldwater onward.
139. The Last Jews In Berlin
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by: Leonard Gross Release date: Jan 20, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Interviews with some of the 4,000 Jews who survived World War II by going underground in Berlin. Originally published in 1982.
140. The Demon In The Freezer
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by: Richard Preston Release date: Oct 08, 2002 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The author of ”The Hot Zone” examines the threat of smallpox as a biological weapon and reports on the anthrax attacks of 2001. Originally published in 2002.
141. Toms River
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by: Dan Fagin Release date: Mar 19, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
This investigation of a New Jersey seaside town’s cluster of childhood cancers linked to water and air pollution won a Pulitzer Prize. Originally published in 2013.
142. Dry
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by: Augusten X Burroughs Release date: Apr 23, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The author of “Running With Scissors” recalls his time working, and drinking, in the advertising industry. Originally published in 2004.
143. The Run Of His Life
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by: Jeffrey Toobin Release date: Mar 27, 2013 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An account of the O. J. Simpson trial by a journalist and former prosecutor. Originally published in 1996.
144. Based On A True Story
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by: Norm Macdonald Release date: Jun 13, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The late comedian’s tales of his life on a farm in Canada, sports betting and time in Hollywood.
145. The Finest Hours
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by: Michael J Tougias , Casey Sherman Release date: May 19, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of a dramatic 1952 Coast Guard rescue of men in the broken halves of two oil tankers during a nor’easter off Cape Cod. The basis of the movie.
146. The Measure Of A Man
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by: Sidney Poitier Release date: Oct 13, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The actor’s spiritual autobiography. Originally published in 2000.
147. My Lucky Life In And Out Of Show Business
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by: Dick Van Dyke Release date: May 03, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the comic personality of television and film.
148. In Other Words
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by: Jhumpa Lahiri Release date: Feb 09, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist describes learning to write in another language, Italian.
149. West Of Eden
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by: Jean Stein Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An oral history of five significant Los Angeles families.
150. Thomas Jefferson
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by: Christopher Hitchens Release date: Oct 13, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A brief portrait. Originally published in 2005.
Last updated on December 18, 2021
