New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers

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New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers

The preeminent list of best selling nonfiction in the United States.
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Strangers : a memoir of marriage
Burden, Belle
Paper Book
The empowering, must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, perfect for readers of Glennon Doyle and Miranda July. THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AS SEEN ON THE OPRAH WINFREY PODCAST SET TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX...
The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Haidt, Jonathan
Paper Book
THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold * A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood....
The body keeps the score : mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Paper Book
What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget, and what treatments could help restore them to a life with purpose and joy? Here, Dr Bessel van der Kolk offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress. Neither talking nor drug therapies have...
London falling : a mysterious death in a gilded city, and a family's search for truth
Keefe, Patrick Radden
Paper Book
In 2019, teenager Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment balcony into the Thames. As his grieving parents began to investigate his final days, they were shocked to learn that he'd been leading a double life, in which he was posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch...
Driven
Wolff, Susie
Paper Book
THE GROUNDBREAKING STORY OF F1 STAR SUSIE WOLFF'S LIFE IN THE FAST LANE FEATURING AN AFTERWORD BY TOTO WOLFF - The first ever book to be triple-shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards 2026 - An instant Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller - An Audible Best Book...
When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words and Wounds of Palestine
Albanese, Francesca.
Paper Book
Francesca Albanese, the first woman to serve as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, conveys the soul of a people through ten unforgettable stories of resilience and humanity.  The spirit of a place lies in the people who inhabit it, in the...
Famesick: ; A memoir
Dunham, Lena.
Paper Book
Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl.
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