New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers

The preeminent list of best selling nonfiction in the United States.
Updated December 18, 2024
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
Vance, J. D.
Paper Book
Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that...
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 * A Washington Post Notable Book * A New York Times Notable Book * The Goodreads Choice Award Nonfiction Book of the Year A must-read for all parents: the...
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." --Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher...
The truths we hold : an American journey
Harris, Kamala D.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller From Vice President Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders, comes a book about the core truths that unite us and how best to act upon them.  "A life story that genuinely...
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century * "The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."--The New Yorker A...
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club * With a foreword by David Allen Sibley "Unexpected...
Chaos : Charles Manson, the CIA, and the secret history of the sixties
O'Neill, Tom
Paper Book
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to "gobsmacking" (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this "kaleidoscopic" (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history.   Over two grim nights...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century * The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari...
Thinking, fast and slow
Kahneman, Daniel
Paper Book
*Major New York Times Bestseller *More than 2.6 million copies sold *One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year *Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year *Presidential...
Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
Bill O'Reilly
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today nonfiction bestseller! Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. Authors of the acclaimed Killing books...
All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me
Bringley, Patrick
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the Financial Times, the New York Post, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London). An "exquisite" (The Washington Post...
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. "Each of these stories is told with astonishing...
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon--shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the...
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American...
Nona the ninth
Muir, Tamsyn
Paper Book
Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards! An Indie Next Pick! The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo...
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most Anticipated in: AARP | Associated Press | Time Magazine | Oprah Daily | Chicago Tribune | Literary Hub | Publishers Weekly | Publishers Lunch<...
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell--and the ones we don't--shape our realities. "Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a...
Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty
Acemoglu, Daron.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, "who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country's prosperity" "A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through...
On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century
Snyder, Timothy
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "bracing" (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism, from "a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present" (The New York Times)<...
Strongmen : Mussolini to the present
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth
Paper Book
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100...
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon
Paper Book
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America's favorite government teacher, a "fascinating and fun" (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves...
Brothers
Alex Van Halen
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this intimate and open account--nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read--Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate. Told...
Spare
Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. "Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir."--The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year) It was one of the most...
Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny's trademark wry humor and idealism....
From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley...
War
Bob Woodward
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEWSWEEK, NPR, AND PROGRESSIVE.ORG Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars--Ukraine, the Middle East and the...
Melania
Melania Trump
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller Melania is a compelling and inspirational memoir that offers a glimpse into the life of a remarkable woman who has navigated challenges with grace and determination.<...
Carson the Magnificent
Bill Zehme
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A much-anticipated biography--twenty years in the making--of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine...
American Heroes: From the #1 bestselling authors of Walk in My Combat Boots
James Patterson
Paper Book
Instant #1 National Bestseller! "A monumental contribution to comprehending the motivation and distinguished service of American warriors. American Heroes is a book that every citizen should read." -- Association of the United...

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