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NYTimes Best Sellers: Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction

Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States.

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

Data provided by The New York Times

1

2 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.

2

2 weeks on the list

Age of Revolutions

by Fareed Zakaria

Norton

The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

3

188 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.

4

2 weeks on the list

Nuclear War

by Annie Jacobsen

Dutton

The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.

5

50 weeks on the list

The Wager

by David Grann

Doubleday

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

6

New this week

Sociopath

by Patric Gagne

Simon & Schuster

Gagne, who was diagnosed as a sociopath when she was in college, reconnects with someone from her past who helps her chart her future.

7

New this week

The False White Gospel

by Jim Wallis

St. Martin's Essentials

The author of “God’s Politics” shares his perspectives on White Christian Nationalism and examines ideas found within iconic texts on the meaning of biblical faith.

8

64 weeks on the list

I'm Glad My Mom Died

by Jennette McCurdy

Simon & Schuster

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

9

123 weeks on the list

Killers of the Flower Moon

by David Grann

Doubleday

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

10

New this week

Co-intelligence

by Ethan Mollick

Portfolio

A professor of management at Wharton prescribes ways to collaborate with artificial intelligence.

11

New this week

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia

HarperOne

The author of “Nowhere for Very Long” chronicles her time after a divorce when she was living with four dogs in a trailer in the Southwest desert.

12

54 weeks on the list

Outlive

by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

Harmony

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

13

New this week

Rebel Rising

by Rebel Wilson

Simon & Schuster

The comedic actress shares impactful experiences from her childhood in Australia to more recent obstacles in life.

14

3 weeks on the list

Get It Together

by Jesse Watters

Broadside

The Fox News host gives his take on some people whose political views differ from the ones to which he subscribes.

15

26 weeks on the list

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices.