Best nonfiction books 2016 new york times

The New York Times Best Sellers list for nonfiction books in 2016 was a diverse and fascinating collection of titles. Here are some of the top nonfiction books of 2016, as ranked by the New York Times:

  1. "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" by J.D. Vance (August 2016) - A memoir about the author's childhood in a poor Appalachian town and his struggles to escape poverty.
  2. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins (January 2016) - A psychological thriller about a woman who becomes obsessed with a perfect couple she watches on her daily commute, only to discover that their lives are not as they seem.
  3. "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi (June 2016) - A memoir about a neurosurgeon who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must come to terms with his own mortality.
  4. "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by Elizabeth Kolbert (March 2016) - A book about the current mass extinction event caused by human activity and the impact it will have on the planet.
  5. "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough (February 2016) - A biography about the Wright brothers and their invention of the airplane.
  6. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (January 2016) - A book about the life of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black tobacco farmer whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge and led to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
  7. "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander (January 2016) - A book about the racial disparities in the criminal justice system and the ways in which mass incarceration has become a new form of racial oppression.
  8. "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee (January 2016) - A comprehensive history of cancer, from its earliest recorded cases to the latest treatments and research.
  9. "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America" by George Packer (January 2016) - A book about the decline of the American middle class and the ways in which the country has become increasingly divided.
  10. "The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir" by Thi Bui (March 2016) - A graphic memoir about the author's childhood as a Vietnamese refugee and her struggles to come to terms with her family's past.

These are just a few examples of the many great nonfiction books published in 2016.