NYT Health

Bestseller List for January 15, 2017

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
Paul Kalanithi
Random House
9780812988406
0-8129-8840-X
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK
Mark Manson
HarperOne/HarperCollins
9780062457714
0-06-245771-3
A blogger argues that we should stop striving to be positive at all times and instead become better at handling adversity.
THE WHOLE30 COOKBOOK
Melissa Hartwig
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
9780544854413
0-544-85441-1
Recipes for the Whole30 program of nonprocessed whole foods and no grains, dairy or sugar.
THE LOSE YOUR BELLY DIET
Travis Stork
Ghost Mountain
9781939457592
1-939457-59-9
The doctor and talk-show host promotes an eating plan that includes improving "gut health."
THE GENE
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Scribner
9781476733500
1-4767-3350-3
An overview of the history and science of genetics by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies.”
MEDICAL MEDIUM LIFE-CHANGING FOODS
Anthony William
Hay House
9781401948320
1-4019-4832-4
Unconventional advice about 50 foods, the symptoms and conditions they can help relieve, and recipes.
GREEN SMOOTHIES FOR LIFE
J J Smith
Atria
9781501100659
1-5011-0065-3
A 30-day plan for weight loss that includes recipes for meals and special treats.
THE ZERO SUGAR DIET
David Zinczenko with Stephen Perrine
Ballantine
9780345547989
0-345-54798-5
A 14-day plan for cutting out all sugar and using protein and fiber to slow the absorption of carbohydrates.
10-DAY GREEN SMOOTHIE CLEANSE
J J Smith
Atria
9781501100109
1-5011-0010-6
Beverages of combined leafy greens and fruits are the basis for a weight loss and health plan.
BEING MORTAL
Atul Gawande
Metropolitan/Holt
9780805095159
0-8050-9515-2
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life and how they can do better.