There are 185 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2017 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.
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1. Hillbilly Elegy
Weeks on the list: 48
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by: J.D. Vance Release date: Jun 28, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
2. Astrophysics For People In A Hurry
Weeks on the list: 32
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by: Neil deGrasse Tyson Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
3. Killers Of The Flower Moon
Weeks on the list: 27
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by: David Grann Release date: Apr 18, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
4. Born A Crime
Weeks on the list: 24
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by: Trevor Noah Release date: Nov 15, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
5. Hidden Figures
Weeks on the list: 23
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by: Margot Lee Shetterly Release date: Sep 06, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
6. Option B
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Sheryl S, berg , Adam Grant Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
7. When Breath Becomes Air
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Paul Kalanithi Release date: Jan 12, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
8. The Zookeeper’S Wife
Weeks on the list: 19
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by: Diane Ackerman Release date: Sep 17, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
9. Al Franken, Giant Of The Senate
Weeks on the list: 18
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by: Al Franken Release date: May 30, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
10. Killing The Rising Sun
Weeks on the list: 18
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 13, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
11. The Magnolia Story
Weeks on the list: 18
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by: Chip Gaines , Joanna Gaines , Mark Dagostino Release date: Oct 18, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
12. The Glass Castle
Weeks on the list: 16
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by: Jeannette Walls Release date: Jan 17, 2006 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
13. The Book Of Joy
Weeks on the list: 16
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by: the Dalai Lama , Desmond Tutu , Douglas Abrams Release date: Sep 20, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
14. On Tyranny
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Timothy Snyder Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
15. Sapiens
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Yuval Noah Harari Release date: May 15, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
16. What Happened
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Hillary Clinton Release date: Sep 12, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
17. Killing England
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Bill O’Reilly , Martin Dugard Release date: Sep 19, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
18. Alexander Hamilton
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Ron Chernow Release date: Mar 29, 2005 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
19. Grant
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Ron Chernow Release date: Oct 10, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
20. The Undoing Project
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Michael Lewis Release date: Dec 06, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
21. The Lost City Of The Monkey God
Weeks on the list: 10
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by: Douglas Preston Release date: Jan 03, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
22. Leonardo Da Vinci
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Walter Isaacson Release date: Oct 17, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
23. Thank You For Being Late
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Thomas L Friedman Release date: Nov 22, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
24. Endurance
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Scott Kelly Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
25. Sisters First
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Jenna Bush Hager , Barbara Pierce Bush Release date: Oct 24, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
26. Andrew Jackson And The Miracle Of New Orleans
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Brian Kilmeade , Don Yaeger Release date: Oct 24, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
27. Big Agenda
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: David Horowitz Release date: Jan 17, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
28. Shattered
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Jonathan Allen , Amie Parnes Release date: Apr 18, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
29. The American Spirit
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: David McCullough Release date: Apr 18, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
30. The Operator
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Robert O’Neill Release date: Apr 25, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Last updated on December 18, 2021