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#1 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
Anthony Bourdain
A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.
On the bestsellers list for 37 weeks
#2 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 11 weeks
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#3 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks
#4 HILLBILLY ELEGY
JD Vance
A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks
#5 MEDIUM RAW
Anthony Bourdain
The author of “Kitchen Confidential” looks at changes in food culture. Originally published in 2010.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#6 OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
On the bestsellers list for 257 weeks
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#7 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 108 weeks
#8 SHOE DOG
Phil Knight
A memoir by the co-founder of Nike, Inc.
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks
#9 HUNGER
Roxane Gay
The fiction writer and essayist’s memoir about food, weight and self-image.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
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#10 THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls
The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.
On the bestsellers list for 425 weeks
#11 BEING MORTAL
Atul Gawande
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.
On the bestsellers list for 41 weeks
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#12 DEAR IJEAWELE
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions for empowering a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#13 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson
A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Originally published in 2003.
On the bestsellers list for 362 weeks
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#14 ADRIFT
Tami Oldham Ashcraft with Susea McGearhart
A couple sailing from Tahiti to San Diego encounter a hurricane.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#15 NOT THAT BAD
edited Roxane Gay
A collection of essays on the harassment and violence that women face in the world.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
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