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#1 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
On the bestsellers list for 29 weeks
#2 BEAUTIFUL BOY
David Sheff
A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
On the bestsellers list for 12 weeks
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#3 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling F.B.I. intervened, ineffectively.
On the bestsellers list for 35 weeks
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#4 ANDREW JACKSON AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW ORLEANS
Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
Major General Jackson takes on the British in Louisiana.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#5 WHITE FRAGILITY
Robin DiAngelo
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
On the bestsellers list for 21 weeks
#6 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
Daniel Kahneman
When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.
On the bestsellers list for 191 weeks
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#7 GRIT
Angela Duckworth
The MacArthur Fellow argues that passion and perseverance are more important than innate talent in creating success.
On the bestsellers list for 15 weeks
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#8 MY OWN WORDS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W Williams
A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks
#9 JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
On the bestsellers list for 132 weeks
#10 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#11 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
Anthony Bourdain
A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.
On the bestsellers list for 61 weeks
#12 CODE GIRLS
Liza Mundy
The story of the more than 10,000 women "code breakers" during World War II.
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks
#13 ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Ron Chernow
A biography of the first Treasury secretary and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Originally published in 2004 and the basis of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.
On the bestsellers list for 106 weeks
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#14 HOMO DEUS
Yuval Noah Harari
A provocative look into the future by the author of “Sapiens.”
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
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#15 BOY ERASED
Garrard Conley
The sexually conflicted son of a Baptist pastor must either attend a church-supported therapy program or lose his family.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks
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