New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2017 Complete List Page 2

There are 185 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2017 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 31 to 60.

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31. Hue 1968

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Mark Bowden
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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An account of the Tet Offensive battle that was a turning point in the American war in Vietnam.

32. Bobby Kennedy

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Chris Matthews
Release date: Oct 31, 2017
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The New York senator’s journey from his formative years to his tragic run for president.

33. Old School

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Bill O’Reilly Bruce Feirstein
Release date: Mar 28, 2017
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A defense of “old school” traditional values versus “snowflakes.

34. Theft By Finding

Weeks on the list: 6

by: David Sedaris
Release date: May 30, 2017
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Excerpts from the writer’s diaries, 1977-2002.

35. I Can’t Make This Up

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Kevin Hart Neil Strauss
Release date: Jun 06, 2017
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The comedian’s personal and professional life.

36. Understanding Trump

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Newt Gingrich
Release date: Jun 13, 2017
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The former House speaker explains the president’s philosophy and political agenda.

37. Rediscovering Americanism

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Mark R Levin
Release date: Jun 27, 2017
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The radio host argues that the founding fathers would be shocked by the expansion of modern government.

38. Devil’s Bargain

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Joshua Green
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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A deeply reported account of the relationship between Donald Trump and his chief strategist.

39. The Big Lie

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Dinesh D’Souza
Release date: Jul 31, 2017
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The conservative commentator argues that the American left is a fascist threat.

40. Why Buddhism Is True

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Robert Wright
Release date: Aug 08, 2017
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The latest neuroscience and psychology research is used to support the assertion that Buddhist meditation and practice can lead to a deeper understanding of the world.

41. We Were Eight Years In Power

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Release date: Oct 03, 2017
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A series of essays that cover each year of the Obama administration, the writer’s own journey and the echoes of American history in modern times.

42. Obama

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Pete Souza
Release date: Nov 07, 2017
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More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

43. Three Days In January

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Bret Baier Catherine Whitney
Release date: Jan 10, 2017
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Eisenhower’s farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.

44. Just Mercy

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Bryan Stevenson
Release date: Oct 21, 2014
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A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

45. This Fight Is Our Fight

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Elizabeth Warren
Release date: Apr 18, 2017
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The Massachusetts senator offers a program for Democratic resistance to President Trump.

46. Unbelievable

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Katy Tur
Release date: Sep 12, 2017
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The NBC News correspondent describes her work covering the 2016 campaign of the Republican nominee for president and his behavior toward her.

47. Promise Me, Dad

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Joe Biden
Release date: Nov 14, 2017
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The former vice president recalls his toughest year in office, as his son battled brain cancer.

48. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Rebecca Skloot
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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The story of a woman whose cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.

49. Between The World And Me

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Release date: Jul 14, 2015
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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.

50. This Life I Live

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Rory Feek
Release date: Feb 14, 2017
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The songwriter describes his difficult childhood, love for his wife, and her death from cancer in 2016.

51. Portraits Of Courage

Weeks on the list: 4

by: George W Bush
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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Sixty-six color paintings and a four-panel mural, accompanied by brief biographies, show members of the military who have served since 9/11. By the former president.

52. The Stranger In The Woods

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Michael Finkel
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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The story of a hermit who lived by stealing food in the Maine woods for 27 years until caught in 2013.

53. The Vanishing American Adult

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Ben Sasse
Release date: May 16, 2017
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The Nebraska senator’s advice on how to raise resilient, responsible children.

54. Bill O’reilly’s Legends And Lies: The Civil War

Weeks on the list: 4

by: David Fisher
Release date: Jun 06, 2017
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Stories of the Civil War; a companion to the Fox historical docudrama.

55. Homo Deus

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Yuval Noah Harari
Release date: Sep 04, 2018
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A provocative look into the future by the author of “Sapiens.”

56. Hunger

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Roxane Gay
Release date: Jun 13, 2017
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The fiction writer and essayist’s memoir about life as a “woman of size.”

57. Dangerous

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Milo Yiannopoulos
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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The alt-right provocateur criticizes political correctness.

58. The Miracle Of Dunkirk

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Walter Lord
Release date: Jan 01, 1983
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The story of the heroic evacuation of British troops in 1940, retold in a current movie. Originally published in 1982.

59. Fantasyland

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Kurt Andersen
Release date: Sep 02, 2014
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The politics and culture of 21st-century America are put in the context of five centuries of historical events and movements, including elements of conspiracy theories, crackpot ideas and hucksterism.

60. The Autobiography Of Gucci Mane

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Gucci Mane Neil Martinez-Belkin
Release date: Sep 19, 2017
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A memoir by the East Atlanta hip-hop artist, who made a comeback after setbacks that included doing time in a maximum-security federal prison.

Last updated on December 18, 2021