There are 19 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016. When Breath Becomes Air written by Paul Kalanithi is listed as the #1 best seller for 13 weeks.
There are 257 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016 list. Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow is in this list for 51 weeks.
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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2016
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Weeks listed as #1: 13
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by: Paul Kalanithi Release date: Jan 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
2. Killing The Rising Sun
Weeks listed as #1: 9
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 13, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II.
3. The Rainbow Comes And Goes
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Anderson Cooper , Gloria V, erbilt Release date: Apr 05, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Mother and son discuss their relationship and difficult family history.
4. Crisis Of Character
Weeks listed as #1: 4
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by: Gary J Byrne , Grant M Schmidt Release date: Jun 28, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A former Secret Service officer claims to have witnessed scandalous behavior by the Clintons.
5. Bill O’reilly’s Legends And Lies: The Patriots
Weeks listed as #1: 3
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by: David Fisher Release date: May 24, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
6. The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo
Weeks listed as #1: 3
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by: Amy Schumer Release date: Aug 16, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Humorous personal essays by the comedian, actor and writer.
7. Hamilton: The Revolution
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Lin-Manuel Mir, a , Jeremy McCarter Release date: Apr 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The libretto of the Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.
8. The Magnolia Story
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Chip Gaines , Joanna Gaines , Mark Dagostino Release date: Oct 18, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.”
9. Killing Reagan
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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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.
10. Not My Father’s Son
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
11. Alexander Hamilton
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Ron Chernow Release date: Mar 29, 2005 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of the first Treasury secretary, a major author of the Federalist Papers and an advocate of strong central government. Originally published in 2004 and the basis of the Broadway play.
12. The Gene
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Siddhartha Mukherjee Release date: May 17, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
This overview of the history and science of genetics also considers moral questions and prospects for future advances in treating disease. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies.”
13. It Gets Worse
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Shane Dawson Release date: Jul 19, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Personal essays, mostly humorous by the YouTube celebrity.
14. Hillary’s America
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Dinesh D’Souza Release date: Jul 18, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The conservative author and pundit warns of disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
15. Hillbilly Elegy
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: J.D. Vance Release date: Jun 28, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood in the Rust Belt.
16. Love Warrior
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Glennon Doyle Melton Release date: Sep 06, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After her husband confesses to multiple infidelities, a woman who has overcome bulimia and alcoholism struggles to grow — and so does he.
17. Born To Run
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Bruce Springsteen Release date: Sep 27, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The singer-songwriter’s autobiography.
18. Between The World And Me
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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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.
19. Settle For More
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Megyn Kelly Release date: Nov 15, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The anchor of Fox News’s “The Kelly File” discusses why she left a succesful career as a lawyer, the value of hard work, the personal and professional challenges she has faced.
Last updated on December 18, 2021