Reading Radar
From the New York Times Bestseller Lists
Paperback Nonfiction
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#1
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels.
On the bestsellers list for 63 weeks.
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#3
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
A woman's cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.
On the bestsellers list for 47 weeks.
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#4
OUTLIERS
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
On the bestsellers list for 34 weeks.
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#5
THE NEW JIM CROW
Taking aim at the “war on drugs” and its impact on black men.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks.
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#6
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS
Forty-seven remarkable stories from the animal kingdom.
On the bestsellers list for 28 weeks.
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#7
BLOOD, BONES, AND BUTTER
A memoir by the chef and owner of the Manhattan restaurant Prune.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#8
MONEYBALL
How the Oakland Athletics built a successful team despite one of the smallest payrolls in baseball.
On the bestsellers list for 40 weeks.
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#9
LADY ALMINA AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY
Inspiration and setting for the PBS show.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks.
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#10
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
A tale of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the World’s Fair of 1893.
On the bestsellers list for 201 weeks.
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#11
TIPPING POINT
A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
On the bestsellers list for 373 weeks.
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#12
DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU
True-crime cases of people in danger.
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks.
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#13
THE GLASS CASTLE
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 256 weeks.
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#14
BORN TO RUN
Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
On the bestsellers list for 44 weeks.
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#15
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
The strange death of Ronda Reynolds and her mother’s unceasing quest for the truth.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.
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#17
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
The story of Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches.
On the bestsellers list for 38 weeks.
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#18
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
An account of the Great Migration of 1915-70, in which six million African-Americans abandoned the South.
On the bestsellers list for 15 weeks.
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#19
THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES
A collection of figurines is central to this tale of a family's survival.
On the bestsellers list for 7 weeks.
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#20
BLINK
The importance of hunch and instinct in the workings of the mind.
On the bestsellers list for 197 weeks.
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