1. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi, Random House
2. Grunt, by Mary Roach, Norton
3. The Gene, by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner
4. Tribe, by Sebastian Junger, Twelve
5. Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight, Scribner
6. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press
7. Valiant Ambition, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking
8. Hamilton: The Revolution, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central
9. The View From the Cheap Seats, by Neil Gaiman, Morrow
10. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead
11. Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau
12. Grit, by Angela Duckworth, Scribner
13. But What If We're Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider
14. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots, by David Fisher, Holt
15. Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande, Metropolitan
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21. Invisible Influence, by Jonah Berger
The bestselling author of "Contagious" explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make.
When Breath Becomes Air
By Paul Kalanithi
Random House
256 pp.