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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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Data provided by The New York Times

1

5 weeks on the list

Melania

by Melania Trump

Skyhorse

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

2

4 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.

3

106 weeks on the list

Hillbilly Elegy

by JD Vance

Harper

The vice president-elect, 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.

4

4 weeks on the list

War

by Bob Woodward

Simon & Schuster

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist looks at our contentious time through battles in Ukraine and the Middle East and for the American presidency.

5

28 weeks on the list

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder

Tim Duggan

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

6

6 weeks on the list

Be Ready when the Luck Happens

by Ina Garten

Crown

A memoir by the cookbook author and Food Network host known as the Barefoot Contessa.

7

9 weeks on the list

Confronting the Presidents

by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

St. Martin's

The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

8

33 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.

9

5 weeks on the list

From Here to the Great Unknown

by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough

Random House

Presley’s memoir, completed by her daughter, explores her relationships and challenges.

10

6 weeks on the list

Revenge of the Tipping Point

by Malcolm Gladwell

Little, Brown

Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics.

11

6 weeks on the list

The Message

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

One World

The author of “Between the World and Me” travels to three locations to uncover the dissonance between the realities on the ground and the narratives shaped about them.

12

217 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.

13

3 weeks on the list

Patriot

by Alexei Navalny

Knopf

A posthumously published memoir by the late Russian political opposition leader and political prisoner who began writing this after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020.

14

3 weeks on the list

Brothers

by Alex Van Halen

Harper

The drummer of the iconic rock band Van Halen shares stories about his partnership in life and music with his late brother Edward.

15

3 weeks on the list

American Heroes

by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Tim Malloy

Little, Brown

A collection of stories of soldiers who served in conflicts overseas.