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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 MATRIARCH in LINKcat

#1 New this week
 

Matriarch

by Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'Leary | One World

The businesswoman, who is the mother of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, traces her life’s journey.


Find ABUNDANCE in LINKcat

#2 6 weeks on the list
 

Abundance

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 EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS in LINKcat

#3 6 weeks on the list
 

Everything is Tuberculosis

by John Green | Crash Course

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


Find NOTES TO JOHN in LINKcat

#4 New this week
 

Notes to John

by Joan Didion | Knopf

Didon’s first-person account, discovered after her death, written to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, of her psychiatric sessions.


Find HOPE in LINKcat

#5 3 weeks on the list
 

Hope

by Pope Francis with Carlo Musso | Random House

The late Pope Francis recounts details of his life from his childhood through to key moments of his papacy; translated by Richard Dixon.


Find THE ANXIOUS GENERATION in LINKcat

#6 57 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 ON TYRANNY in LINKcat

#7 48 weeks on the list
 

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder | Crown

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


Find THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE in LINKcat

#8 240 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 WHO IS GOVERNMENT? in LINKcat

#9 6 weeks on the list
 

Who is Government?

by edited Michael Lewis | Riverhead

Essays by Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lewis illuminate the work of federal employees and the business of government.


Find ON DEMOCRACIES AND DEATH CULTS in LINKcat

#10 3 weeks on the list
 

On Democracies and Death Cults

by Douglas Murray | Broadside

The author of “The War on the West” gives his perspective on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.


Find THE PROJECT in LINKcat

#11 New this week
 

The Project

by David A. Graham | Random House

A staff writer at The Atlantic explicates Project 2025, which was published by the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation.


Find GENOCIDE BAD in LINKcat

#12 New this week
 

Genocide Bad

by Sim Kern | Interlink

An anti-Zionist Jewish activist recounts pivotal life experiences.


Find CARELESS PEOPLE in LINKcat

#13 7 weeks on the list
 

Careless People

by Sarah Wynn-Williams | Flatiron

A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.


Find FIGHT in LINKcat

#14 4 weeks on the list
 

Fight

by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes | Morrow

The authors of “Shattered” give an account of the 2024 presidential campaigns.


Find THE SERVICEBERRY in LINKcat

#15 16 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.