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New York Times Bestseller List for January 29, 2017

HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly

HIDDEN FIGURES

By Margot Lee Shetterly

Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins • ISBN: 9780062363619

The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie.

HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance

HILLBILLY ELEGY

By J.D. Vance

Publisher: HarperCollins • ISBN: 9780062300560

A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood in the Rust Belt.

UNSINKABLE by Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

UNSINKABLE

By Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

Publisher: Morrow • ISBN: 9780062213679

A second memoir by the actress, singer and dancer; originally published in 2013.

THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD by Douglas Preston

THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD

By Douglas Preston

Publisher: Grand Central • ISBN: 9781455540020

A frightening search for a lost civilization in the Honduran rain forest.

WISHFUL DRINKING by Carrie Fisher

WISHFUL DRINKING

By Carrie Fisher

Publisher: Simon & Schuster • ISBN: 9781439153802

A memoir based on Fisher’s one-woman autobiographical show. Originally published in 2008.

THREE DAYS IN JANUARY by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

THREE DAYS IN JANUARY

By Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins • ISBN: 9780062569066

Eisenhower’s farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.

KILLING THE RISING SUN by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

KILLING THE RISING SUN

By Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Publisher: Holt • ISBN: 9781627790635

The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II.

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR

By Paul Kalanithi

Publisher: Random House • ISBN: 9780812988413

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

THE UNDOING PROJECT by Michael Lewis

THE UNDOING PROJECT

By Michael Lewis

Publisher: Norton • ISBN: 9780393254600

How the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky upended assumptions about the decision-making process and invented the field of behavioral economics.

THE PRINCESS DIARIST by Carrie Fisher

THE PRINCESS DIARIST

By Carrie Fisher

Publisher: Blue Rider • ISBN: 9780698188365

Recollections of life on the set of the first Star Wars movie by the actress and writer, who died in December.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON by Ron Chernow

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

By Ron Chernow

Publisher: Penguin • ISBN: 9781101200858

A biography of the first Treasury secretary and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The basis of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.

THE MAGNOLIA STORY by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

THE MAGNOLIA STORY

By Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

Publisher: W Publishing/Thomas Nelson • ISBN: 9780718081539

The couple, who star in the HGTV show “Fixer Upper,” offer a look at their lives together.

BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

BORN A CRIME

By Trevor Noah

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau • ISBN: 9780399588181

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the former host of “The Daily Show.”

TROUBLEMAKER by Leah Remini and Rebecca Paley

TROUBLEMAKER

By Leah Remini and Rebecca Paley

Publisher: Ballantine • ISBN: 9781101886977

The actress describes her life in Scientology and the aftermath of her break with the church in 2013.

THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE by Thomas L Friedman

THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE

By Thomas L Friedman

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux • ISBN: 9780374715144

How globalization, climate change and the accelerating pace of technology are reshaping the world.