NYTimes Best Sellers: Paperback Nonfiction

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

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

An anti-Zionist Jewish activist recounts pivotal life experiences.

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

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

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

Essays and drawings by the author of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Bonesetter's Daughter,” which depict a search for peace through birding.

When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine depicts the interconnected living system of our planet and its inhabitants.

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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

A look at human evolution that examines key questions about the female body.

The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

The author of “The Dressmakers of Auschwitz” portrays how four Jewish girls during the Holocaust all had sweaters that affected their lives.