Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 09/19/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
Rank (prior week)
- 1 (-). THE PERILOUS FIGHT, Colin Kaepernick with Nick Chiles (Legacy Lit)
The Super Bowl quarterback and civil rights activist describes defining moments in his life and their outcomes. - 2 (-). END TIMES FASCISM, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
An investigation of the shared beliefs belonging to religious fundamentalists, Silicon Valley technologists and ethno-nationalists. - 3 (-). ONE MAN IN, Christian Craighead (Threshold Editions)
A former British special forces soldier gives an account of his fight against a unit of ethnic Somali terrorists at a hotel and office complex in Nairobi. - 4 (-). CONFRONTING AMERICA, Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer (St. Martin's)
The conservative commentator shares his views on education, family, drugs, work and religion. - 5 (15). THE NERD REICH, Gil Durán (Avid Reader)
An independent journalist portrays a new political order that would supplant elected governments with corporate rule. - 6 (-). LIVE LAUGH LOVE, Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
The author of “Jesus and John Wayne" explores the history of white Christian womanhood in the United States. - 7 (-). PROFILES IN COWARDICE, Jacob Weisberg (Penguin Press)
An examination of how eight individuals may have been complicit in President Trump’s acquisition of authoritarian power. - 8 (1). THE COUNTERREVOLUTION, Victor Davis Hanson (Basic)
The author of “The End of Everything” evaluates the influence of President Trump’s time out of office on his second term. - 9 (11). THIS IS ME, Hayden Panettiere (Grand Central)
The late actress describes how she contended with fame and handled difficulties in her life. - 10 (-). REDWOOD, Ben Macintyre (Crown)
The author of “The Spy and the Traitor” portrays an MI6 undercover officer’s work to help a Russian double agent hiding a secret in 1981. - 11 (5). 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. - 12 (-). MY BATTLEFIELD, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords)
The author of “God Is Not Mad at You” retraces her journey to become a Bible teacher and ministry leader. - 13 (-). THE STEAL, Alex Wagner (Flatiron)
The host of the podcast Runaway Country profiles a handful of conservatives whose efforts during the Reagan administration impacted the American judiciary. - 14 (-). IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares (Little, Brown)
A warning regarding how machine superintelligence may bring about human extinction. - 15 (8). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
