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#1 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
On the bestsellers list for 40 weeks
#2 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 1 week
#3 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 32 weeks
#4 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 46 weeks
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#5 THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS
Esmé Weijun Wang
Essays on the author's diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder and disagreements within the medical community.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
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#6 FASCISM: A Warning
Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
The former secretary of state examines the legacy of fascism in the 20th century and its potential revival.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
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#7 THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham
Grisham's first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.
On the bestsellers list for 49 weeks
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#8 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 17 weeks
#9 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 25 weeks
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#10 SHOE DOG
Phil Knight
A memoir by the co-founder of Nike, Inc.
On the bestsellers list for 31 weeks
#11 BEAUTIFUL BOY
David Sheff
A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
On the bestsellers list for 23 weeks
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#12 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 140 weeks
#13 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 202 weeks
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#14 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 33 weeks
#15 THE NEW JIM CROW
Michelle Alexander
A law professor on the “war on drugs” and its role in the disproportionate incarceration of black men.
On the bestsellers list for 186 weeks
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