Nonfiction Bestsellers

The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 06/27/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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  • 1 (-). REGIME CHANGE, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (Simon & Schuster)
    Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
  • 2 (1). COMMUNION, JD Vance (Harper)
    The vice president and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.
  • 3 (3). STRANGERS, Belle Burden (Dial)
    Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.
  • 4 (9). REVOLUTION, Eric Metaxas (Odysseus)
    The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.
  • 5 (2). THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, David Sedaris (Little, Brown)
    Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer.
  • 6 (7). COURAGE CAN SAVE US, Rye Barcott (Bloomsbury)
    Profiles of Democratic and Republican politicians who previously served in the military or the F.B.I.
  • 7 (5). LONDON FALLING, Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday)
    The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
  • 8 (8). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
    How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
  • 9 (4). STRIPPED DOWN, Bunnie Xo (Dey Street)
    The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.
  • 10 (-). THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN, Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
    The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence.
  • 11 (10). MAILMAN, Stephen Starring Grant (Simon & Schuster)
    After losing his corporate job and being diagnosed with cancer, Grant becomes a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
  • 12 (-). WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, Paul Kalanithi (Random House)
    A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
  • 13 (-). THE REVERSE CENTAUR'S GUIDE TO LIFE AFTER AI, Cory Doctorow (MCD)
    The journalist and science fiction writer envisions the future of work and artificial intelligence.
  • 14 (14). THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, 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.
  • 15 (-). FAMESICK, Lena Dunham (Random House)
    The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.