Reading Radar
From the New York Times Bestseller Lists
Paperback Nonfiction
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#1
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS
William E. Dodd, the United States ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#2
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels.
On the bestsellers list for 77 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 61 weeks.
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#5
THEN AGAIN
The actress uses her mother’s diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#6
OUTLIERS
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
On the bestsellers list for 48 weeks.
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#7
THE NEW JIM CROW
Taking aim at the “war on drugs” and its impact on black men.
On the bestsellers list for 16 weeks.
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#8
SEAL TEAM SIX
A former Navy SEAL tells of his training and missions.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#9
BORN TO RUN
Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
On the bestsellers list for 58 weeks.
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#10
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the World’s Fair of 1893.
On the bestsellers list for 215 weeks.
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#11
THE VOW
After a horrific car crash, a couple begin a journey to fall in love again.
On the bestsellers list for 13 weeks.
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#12
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
The story of Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches.
On the bestsellers list for 52 weeks.
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#13
NOTHING DAUNTED
Two Eastern women agree to teach homesteaders’ children in the mountains of Colorado in 1916.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#14
THE TIPPING POINT
A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
On the bestsellers list for 385 weeks.
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#15
THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES
A collection of figurines is central to this tale of a family's survival.
On the bestsellers list for 13 weeks.
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#16
THE GLASS CASTLE
The author recalls her bizarre childhood.
On the bestsellers list for 269 weeks.
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#17
MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN
A journalist who covered a mnemonics championship tries competing himself.
On the bestsellers list for 10 weeks.
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#18
LADY ALMINA AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY
Inspiration and setting for the show on PBS.
On the bestsellers list for 16 weeks.
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#19
THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE
The comedy writer offers a plan for safeguarding yourself from the living dead.
On the bestsellers list for 51 weeks.
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#20
LOST IN SHANGRI-LA
Three 1945 crash survivors were caught between headhunters and enemy Japanese.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks.
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