There are 13 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020. White Fragility written by Robin DiAngelo is listed as the #1 best seller for 17 weeks.
There are 75 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020 list. The Body Keeps The Score written by Bessel van der Kolk is in this list for 52 weeks.
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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2020
1. White Fragility
Weeks listed as #1: 17
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by: Robin DiAngelo Release date: Jun 26, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
2. Just Mercy
Weeks listed as #1: 10
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by: Bryan Stevenson Release date: Oct 21, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
3. The Great Influenza
Weeks listed as #1: 7
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by: John M. Barry Release date: Oct 04, 2005 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An overview of the 1918 flu epidemic and cautionary tale for similar kinds of large-scale outbreaks.
4. My Own Words
Weeks listed as #1: 6
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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.
5. On Tyranny
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Timothy Snyder Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
6. The Body Keeps The Score
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Bessel van der Kolk Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
7. So You Want To Talk About Race
Weeks listed as #1: 2
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by: Ijeoma Oluo Release date: Jan 16, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.
8. Sapiens
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Yuval Noah Harari Release date: May 15, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
9. The Truths We Hold
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Kamala Harris Release date: Jan 08, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by a daughter of immigrants who was raised in Oakland, Calif., and became the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate.
10. 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.
11. I Heard You Paint Houses
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Charles Br, t Release date: Jun 24, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A World War II veteran works for a crime boss and comes into contact with the union boss Jimmy Hoffa. The basis of the movie “The Irishman.”
12. No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Greta Thunberg Release date: Jan 01, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Speeches by the Swedish climate activist, including her address to the United Nations.
13. Wow, No Thank You
Weeks listed as #1: 1
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by: Samantha Ir Release date: Mar 31, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Comedic essays by an author and blogger who splits her time between Hollywood meetings and living in a liberal suburban town in a red state.
Last updated on December 8, 2021