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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 107 Days in LINKcat
#1
1 weeks on the list
by Kamala Harris | Simon & Schuster

The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.

Find Poems & Prayers in LINKcat
#2
2 weeks on the list
by Matthew McConaughey | Crown

The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.

Find Awake in LINKcat
#3
1 weeks on the list
by Jen Hatmaker | Avid Reader

The host of the "For the Love" podcast describes major shifts in her life after her marriage of 26 years ended.

Find Confronting Evil in LINKcat
#4
3 weeks on the list
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer | St. Martin's

O'Reilly and Hammer profile some of history’s nefarious characters.

Find Softly, As I Leave You in LINKcat
#5
1 weeks on the list
by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Mary Jane Ross | Grand Central

Presley recounts her tribulations and search for identity after spending a decade with Elvis.

Find All The Way To The River in LINKcat
#6
3 weeks on the list
by Elizabeth Gilbert | Riverhead

The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” depicts her journey through a cycle involving self-destructive tendencies.

Find The Book Of Sheen in LINKcat
#7
3 weeks on the list
by Charlie Sheen | Gallery

The actor, known for his roles in “Platoon” and “Two and a Half Men,” shares stories about his life in Hollywood.

Find The Anxious Generation in LINKcat
#8
79 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 Black Af History in LINKcat
#9
18 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 History Matters in LINKcat
#10
2 weeks on the list
by David McCullough | Simon & Schuster

A posthumous collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on history’s impact on our present and our future; edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson and Michael Hill.

Find Against The Machine in LINKcat
#11
1 weeks on the list
by Paul Kingsnorth | Thesis

A warning about the potential ramifications of the technological-cultural matrix and suggestions on ways to push back.

Find When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows ... in LINKcat
#12
1 weeks on the list
by Steven Pinker | Scribner

The cognitive scientist and author of “Rationality” considers aspects of common knowledge.

Find Successful Failure in LINKcat
#13
1 weeks on the list
by Kevin Fredericks | Convergent

The N.A.A.C.P. Image Award–winning comedian describes setbacks and moments of embarrassment he encountered.

Find Stories From A Stranger in LINKcat
#14
1 weeks on the list
by Hunter Prosper | Simon Element

An I.C.U. nurse brings together revealing stories told by an assortment of people.

Find We The People in LINKcat
#15
2 weeks on the list
by Jill Lepore | Liveright

The author of “These Truths” examines the history of the U.S. Constitution and challenges its interpretation by the Supreme Court and the theory of originalism.