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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 Butler in LINKcat
#1
1 weeks on the list
by Salena Zito | Center Street

A firsthand account of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during an open-air campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.

Find On Her Game in LINKcat
#2
1 weeks on the list
by Christine Brennan | Scribner

A sports columnist for USA Today profiles the ascendance of the sports and cultural icon Caitlin Clark.

Find The Anxious Generation in LINKcat
#3
68 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 2024 in LINKcat
#4
1 weeks on the list
by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf | Penguin Press

Journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post examine the most recent presidential election campaign.

Find Behind The Badge in LINKcat
#5
4 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 Mark Twain in LINKcat
#6
9 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 Abundance in LINKcat
#7
17 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 Outlive in LINKcat
#8
108 weeks on the list
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

Find A Marriage At Sea in LINKcat
#9
1 weeks on the list
by Sophie Elmhirst | Riverhead

In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.

Find Black Af History in LINKcat
#10
7 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 Everything Is Tuberculosis in LINKcat
#11
17 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 The Demon Of Unrest in LINKcat
#12
32 weeks on the list
by Erik Larson | Crown

The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

Find Nexus in LINKcat
#13
13 weeks on the list
by Yuval Noah Harari | Random House
Find When Breath Becomes Air in LINKcat
#14
70 weeks on the list
by Paul Kalanithi | Random House

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

Find Big Dumb Eyes in LINKcat
#15
10 weeks on the list
by Nate Bargatze | Grand Central

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