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NYTimes Best Sellers: Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction

Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States.

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Find OUTLIVE in LINKcat

#1 84 weeks on the list
 

Outlive

by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.


Find ON TYRANNY in LINKcat

#2 38 weeks on the list
 

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder | Crown

Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.


Find THE ANXIOUS GENERATION in LINKcat

#3 47 weeks on the list
 

The Anxious Generation

by Jonathan Haidt | Penguin Press

A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.


Find SOURCE CODE in LINKcat

#4 2 weeks on the list
 

Source Code

by Bill Gates | Knopf

The philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft describes events from his childhood and his discovery of computers.


Find THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE in LINKcat

#5 230 weeks on the list
 

The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel van der Kolk | Penguin

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.


Find THE SIRENS' CALL in LINKcat

#6 3 weeks on the list
 

The Sirens' Call

by Chris Hayes | Penguin Press

The MSNBC host considers the ways in which attention capitalism affects politics and society.


Find HILLBILLY ELEGY in LINKcat

#7 114 weeks on the list
 

Hillbilly Elegy

by JD Vance | Harper

The vice president, in a memoir written shortly after graduating from Yale Law School, looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.


Find FRAMED in LINKcat

#8 15 weeks on the list
 

Framed

by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey | Doubleday

Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration.


Find THE SERVICEBERRY in LINKcat

#9 13 weeks on the list
 

The Serviceberry

by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Scribner

The author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.


Find BELIEVE in LINKcat

#10 New this week
 

Believe

by Ross Douthat | Zondervan

A New York Times Opinion columnist sets forth his reasons why he thinks religious faith makes sense of things.


Find GREENLIGHTS in LINKcat

#11 83 weeks on the list
 

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey | Crown

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.


Find MELANIA in LINKcat

#12 19 weeks on the list
 

Melania

by Melania Trump | Skyhorse

The first lady describes her work as a fashion model, marriage to Donald Trump and time in the White House.


Find YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME in LINKcat

#13 New this week
 

You Didn't Hear This from Me

by Kelsey McKinney | Grand Central

The host of the Normal Gossip podcast unpacks various aspects of storytelling and gossiping.


Find MEMORIAL DAYS in LINKcat

#14 2 weeks on the list
 

Memorial Days

by Geraldine Brooks | Viking

Three years after the sudden death of her partner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author spent time on a remote island to grieve.


Find ELON MUSK in LINKcat

#15 24 weeks on the list
 

Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson | Simon & Schuster

The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.


Data provided by The New York Times