The New York Times © Best Sellers
Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States, sorted by format and genre
Education for the week of
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THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
A winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal lives and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
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GRIT
A psychologist says passion and perseverance are the keys to success.
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THING EXPLAINER
Cells, elevators, smartphones, nuclear reactors and more are demystified with simply annotated blueprints. From the author of "What If?"
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SPEAKING AMERICAN
The creator of the New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country.
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I AM MALALA
The experience of the young Pakistani advocate for women’s education who was shot by the Taliban and later won the Nobel Peace Prize. Originally published in 2013.
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ON WRITING
A memoir that is a master class on the writer's craft.
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WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION
How decisions that impact our lives are made by algorithms instead of people.
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BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2016
A wide-ranging anthology selected by high school students.
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HOW NOT TO BE WRONG
A mathematician shows how his discipline helps us think about problems of politics, medicine and commerce.
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OTHER-WORDLY
From the blog of the same name, 64 intriguing words from a dozen languages.