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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 On Power in LINKcat
#1
1 weeks on the list
by Mark R. Levin | Threshold Editions

The Fox News host considers various facets of power and its effect on history.

Find The Idaho Four in LINKcat
#2
3 weeks on the list
by James Patterson and Vicky Ward | Little, Brown

Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.

Find The Anxious Generation in LINKcat
#3
71 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 Everything Is Tuberculosis in LINKcat
#4
20 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 Gwyneth in LINKcat
#5
1 weeks on the list
by Amy Odell | Gallery

A biography of the actress and founder and chief executive of the lifestyle brand Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, by the author of “Anna.”

Find Abundance in LINKcat
#6
20 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
#7
111 weeks on the list
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

Find Vaccines in LINKcat
#8
1 weeks on the list
by John Leake and Peter A. McCullough | Skyhorse/Children’s Health Defense

An assessment of the history of vaccinations and an argument that the benefits of certain vaccines have been exaggerated by some.

Find Black Af History in LINKcat
#9
10 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 Being Jewish After The Destruction Of Gaza in LINKcat
#10
3 weeks on the list
by Peter Beinart | Knopf

The editor at large of Jewish Currents and a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times evaluates potential narratives following the war in Gaza.

Find The Serviceberry in LINKcat
#11
28 weeks on the list
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.

Find Mark Twain in LINKcat
#12
12 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 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This in LINKcat
#13
3 weeks on the list
by Omar El Akkad | Knopf

In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.

Find Big Dumb Eyes in LINKcat
#14
11 weeks on the list
by Nate Bargatze | Grand Central

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

Find A Marriage At Sea in LINKcat
#15
4 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.