New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016

There are 9 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016. Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow is listed as the #1 best seller for 23 weeks.

There are 66 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2016 list. The Boys In The Boat written by Daniel James Brown is in this list for 52 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2016

1. Alexander Hamilton

Weeks listed as #1: 23

by: Ron Chernow
Release date: Mar 29, 2005
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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.

2. The Boys In The Boat

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Daniel James Brown
Release date: Jun 04, 2013
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The story of the American rowers who pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Originally published in 2013.

3. Thomas Jefferson And The Tripoli Pirates

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Brian Kilmeade Don Yaeger
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.

4. Dead Wake

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Erik Larson
Release date: Mar 10, 2015
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The last voyage of the Lusitania, by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”

5. 13 Hours

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: Mitchell Zuckoff members of the Annex Security Team
Release date: Sep 09, 2014
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Six C.I.A. contract employees discuss their experience during the attack on the State Department compound and the nearby C.I.A. station called the “annex” in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

6. Sully

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Chesley B Sullenberger III Jeffrey Zaslow
Release date: Aug 09, 2016
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A memoir by the pilot who performed the successful emergency landing of a plane with 155 passengers on the Hudson River in 2009. The basis for the movie.

7. The Big Short

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Michael Lewis
Release date: Nov 16, 2015
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The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

8. It Gets Worse

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Shane Dawson
Release date: Jul 19, 2016
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Personal essays, mostly humorous by the YouTube celebrity.

9. Outliers

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Malcolm Gladwell
Release date: Nov 18, 2008
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Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.

Last updated on December 8, 2021