Paperback Nonfiction

1. 183 weeks on the list

   THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE

   by Bessel van der Kolk

   Penguin

   How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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   Ranked 1 last week

2. 106 weeks on the list

   BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

   by Robin Wall Kimmerer

   Milkweed Editions

   A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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   Ranked 6 last week

3. 20 weeks on the list

   ALL ABOUT LOVE

   by bell hooks

   Morrow

   The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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   Ranked 4 last week

4. 4 weeks on the list

   PANDORA'S JAR

   by Natalie Haynes

   Harper Perennial

   A re-examination of Greek myths and their female characters through a woman’s perspective.

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   Ranked 2 last week

5. 10 weeks on the list

   THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE

   by Erik Larson

   Crown

   An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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   Ranked 5 last week

6. 11 weeks on the list

   EDUCATED

   by Tara Westover

   Random House

   The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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   Ranked 7 last week

7. 9 weeks on the list

   RED NOTICE

   by Bill Browder

   Simon & Schuster

   An American hedge fund manager in Russia is expelled by kleptocrats who then seize his property. Browder's investigation into the death of his attorney led to the Magnitsky Act.

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   Ranked 3 last week

8. 30 weeks on the list

   TALKING TO STRANGERS

   by Malcolm Gladwell

   Back Bay

   Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.

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   Ranked 8 last week

9. 3 weeks on the list

   THE PREMONITION

   by Michael Lewis

   Norton

   Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines.

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   Ranked 14 last week

10. 182 weeks on the list

    SAPIENS

    by Yuval Noah Harari

    Harper Perennial

    How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

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11. 314 weeks on the list

    THINKING, FAST AND SLOW

    by Daniel Kahneman

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux

    When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

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12. 79 weeks on the list

    KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL

    by Anthony Bourdain

    Ecco

    A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.

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    Ranked 10 last week

13. 8 weeks on the list

    BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS

    by Suleika Jaouad

    Random House

    The writer of the New York Times column “Life, Interrupted” chronicles her fight with cancer and an impactful road trip.

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    Ranked 9 last week

14. 6 weeks on the list

    BLOOD AND TREASURE

    by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

    St. Martin's Griffin

    A depiction of the frontiersman Daniel Boone.

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    Ranked 12 last week

15. 2 weeks on the list

    WOMEN IN WHITE COATS

    by Olivia Campbell

    Park Row

    Three Victorian-era women broke down barriers to become doctors and changed the way women received health care.

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    Ranked 11 last week