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NYTimes Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction

New York Times API Dev Portal, opens in a new windowAuthoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States. Find more lists of chart-topping books on our New York Times Best Seller Lists page.

Most links below are to print books; check Overdrive for eBooks. Book covers provided by Syndetics depending on availability.

Find Behind The Badge in LINKcat
#1
1 weeks on the list
by Johnny Joey Jones | Fox News

The Fox News military analyst extols the first responders among his friends and family.

Find Not My Type in LINKcat
#2
1 weeks on the list
by E. Jean Carroll | St. Martin's

The journalist shares moments from her life and the two trials in which she accused President Trump of sexual assault and defamation.

Find The Anxious Generation in LINKcat
#3
65 weeks on the list
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 We Might Just Make It After All in LINKcat
#4
1 weeks on the list
by Elyce Arons | Gallery

Arons tells the story of her friendship with Kate Spade and the multibillion-dollar fashion company they founded.

Find Mark Twain in LINKcat
#5
6 weeks on the list
by Ron Chernow | Penguin Press

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.

Find Everything Is Tuberculosis in LINKcat
#6
14 weeks on the list
by John Green | Crash Course

The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.

Find Big Dumb Eyes in LINKcat
#7
7 weeks on the list
by Nate Bargatze | Grand Central

The Grammy Award-nominated comedian shares snippets from his life and career.

Find Abundance in LINKcat
#8
14 weeks on the list
by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson | Avid Reader

A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.

Find Original Sin in LINKcat
#9
5 weeks on the list
by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson | Penguin Press

An account of Joe Biden’s initial decision to run for re-election in 2024 and its numerous consequences.

Find The Fate Of The Day in LINKcat
#10
7 weeks on the list
by Rick Atkinson | Crown

The author of “The British Are Coming” portrays the middle years of the American Revolution.

Find Outlive in LINKcat
#11
105 weeks on the list
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

Find Black Af History in LINKcat
#12
4 weeks on the list
by Michael Harriot | Dey Street

A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

Find Free Ride in LINKcat
#13
2 weeks on the list
by Noraly Schoenmaker | Atria

The creator of the YouTube channel Itchy Boots recounts the transcontinental motorcycle ride she took after personal and professional changes.

Find How Countries Go Broke in LINKcat
#14
3 weeks on the list
by Ray Dalio | Avid Reader

The author of “Principles” evaluates the forces that contribute to what he calls the “big debt cycle.”

Find Loud And Clear in LINKcat
#15
1 weeks on the list
by Brian Anderson | St. Martin's

An appraisal of the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound,” a speaker system that was more than 100 feet wide.