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#1 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 191 weeks
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#2 EDUCATED
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
On the bestsellers list for 19 weeks
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#3 THE BOMBER MAFIA
Malcolm Gladwell
A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#4 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Robin Wall Kimmerer
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
On the bestsellers list for 114 weeks
#5 ALL ABOUT LOVE
bell hooks
The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
On the bestsellers list for 28 weeks
#6 TALKING TO STRANGERS
Malcolm Gladwell
Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.
On the bestsellers list for 38 weeks
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#7 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
Anthony Bourdain
A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.
On the bestsellers list for 80 weeks
#8 BORN A CRIME
Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
On the bestsellers list for 161 weeks
#9 UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
Jon Krakauer
Two brothers who subscribed to a fundamentalist version of Mormonism killed a woman and her daughter; the basis of the TV series.
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks
#10 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
On the bestsellers list for 188 weeks
#11 THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE
Erik Larson
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.
On the bestsellers list for 16 weeks
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#12 JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
On the bestsellers list for 281 weeks
#13 WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS
James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
A collection of interviews with troops who fought overseas.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#14 THE CODE BREAKER
Walter Isaacson
How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks
#15 OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell
Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
On the bestsellers list for 346 weeks
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