New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers

The preeminent list of best selling nonfiction in the United States.
Updated March 24, 2026
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
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....
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
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...
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
Daniel Immerwahr
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune A Publishers Weekly best book of the Year | An NPR Staff Pick "Consistently both startling and absorbing . . . Immerwahr vividly...

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