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#1 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 9 weeks
#2 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
On the bestsellers list for 48 weeks
#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 40 weeks
#4 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 25 weeks
#5 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 33 weeks
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#6 LEAD FROM THE OUTSIDE
Stacey Abrams
A memoir by the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives who ran to be the state’s governor in 2018.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks
#7 I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
Michelle McNamara
The late true-crime journalist's search for "the Golden State Killer."
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks
#8 THE COST OF THESE DREAMS
Wright Thompson
A sportswriter goes beyond the public personas of sports icons to reveal the conflict between their skills and ability to enjoy them.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#9 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 210 weeks
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#10 THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
Michio Kaku
The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
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#11 FLY GIRLS
Keith O'Brien
The story of five trailblazing women who together broke the glass ceiling in aviation.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
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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 148 weeks
#13 WHY WE SLEEP
Matthew Walker
A neuroscientist uses recent scientific discoveries to explain the functions of sleep and dreams.
On the bestsellers list for 11 weeks
#14 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 79 weeks
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#15 THE DIRT
Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss
The story of Mötley Crüe as told by the four original members of the band.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks
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