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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
“Erudite, engaging, combative, crusading.” —New York Times Book Review
“Words that chill the parental heart… thanks to Mr. Haidt,...

3) I'm glad my mom died

Author

McCurdy, Jennette

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 79 week(s).

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* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Jennette McCurdy was six...

4) The age of magical overthinking: notes on modern irrationality

Author

Montell, Amanda

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#6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.
Utilizing the linguistic insights of her "witty and brilliant" (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations...

5) The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

Author

Grann, David

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#7 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 51 week(s).

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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

6) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

Author

Attia, Peter

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 55 week(s).

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert

“One of the most important books you’ll ever read.”—Steven D. Levitt,...

7) The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers

Author

Patterson, James

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#9 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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This "celebration of the world of books" (Kirkus) is filled with true stories from the booksellers and librarians—the superheroes of reading—as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson.
To be a bookseller or librarian...

You have to play detective.

Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. An advocate. A visionary.

A person who creates "book joy" by pulling a...

8) Burn book: a tech love story

Author

Swisher, Kara

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#10 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-28. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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Instant New York Times Bestseller

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.

"Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley...takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world...Bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking,...