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Best Sellers in Culture Books
1HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION
By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos,interviews and a production history.
Read more about this book...2BORN A CRIME
By Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show,” whose parents were in an illegal (under apartheid) interracial relationship.
Read more about this book...3THE DAILY SHOW (THE BOOK)
By Chris Smith
An oral history of the show, based on extensive interviews with Jon Stewart and others.
Read more about this book...4THE CASE OF BEASTS
By Mark Salisbury
Filmmaking secrets, photography and artwork from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” written by J. K. Rowling.
Read more about this book...5HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES
By Brandon Stanton
Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
Read more about this book...6SAPIENS
By Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
Read more about this book...7HUMANS OF NEW YORK
By Brandon Stanton
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by the author.
Read more about this book...8AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFE
By Sarah Bakewell
An account of the birth of one of the 20th century's major intellectual movements and the revolutionary thinkers who shaped it: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and others.
Read more about this book...9SPQR
By Mary Beard
A concise history of ancient Rome.
Read more about this book...10SPEAKING AMERICAN
By Josh Katz
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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