6 weeks on the list

KILLING REAGAN

by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Holt

The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.

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THE WITCHES

by Stacy Schiff

Little, Brown

An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.

New this week

GOVERNMENT ZERO

by Michael Savage

Center Street

The radio host warns Americans against Islamists and "this most evil administration," which, he says, aims to impose absolute rule and destroy our civilization.

2 weeks on the list

EXTREME OWNERSHIP

by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

St. Martin's

4 weeks on the list

A MORE PERFECT UNION

by Ben Carson with Candy Carson

Sentinel

A discussion of the Constitution by the candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

2 weeks on the list

BINGE

by Tyler Oakley

Gallery

Personal essays from the L.G.B.T.Q. YouTube personality.

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NOTORIOUS RBG

by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

Dey Street

A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

16 weeks on the list

BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Spiegel & Grau

Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's teenage son.

New this week

WILDFLOWER

by Drew Barrymore

Dutton

The actress's memoir takes the form of personal essays about her past, including her difficult upbringing and her experience in working with Steven Spielberg on "E.T.," the role that turned her into a child star.

3 weeks on the list

HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES

by Brandon Stanton

St. Martin's

Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”

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HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL

by Carrie Brownstein

Riverhead

The guitarist of the riot girrl band Sleater-Kinney (and co-star of “Portlandia”) describes finding a life in music.

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LIGHTS OUT

by Ted Koppel

Crown

The journalist describes how a cyberattack on the nation’s power grids could paralyze our infrastructure, warns that government has not planned for the possibility, and visits “preppers” who are taking their own precautions.

New this week

MY LIFE ON THE ROAD

by Gloria Steinem

Random House

A memoir by the feminist writer and activist is also a history of the movement.

4 weeks on the list

M TRAIN

by Patti Smith

Knopf

A meditation on art, loss and the past by the singer-songwriter, the author of the National Book Award-winning “Just Kids.”

7 weeks on the list

WHY NOT ME?

by Mindy Kaling

Crown Archetype

More personal essays from the comedian and actress, the creator of "The Mindy Project."