The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 01/03/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
- 1 (1). 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking)
The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market. - 2 (8). NOBODY'S GIRL, Virginia Roberts Giuffre (Knopf)
The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. - 3 (9). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. - 4 (2). THE LOOK, Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop (Crown)
A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs. - 5 (4). HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID, John Kennedy (Broadside)
The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state. - 6 (6). 107 DAYS, Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)
The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024. - 7 (10). A MARRIAGE AT SEA, Sophie Elmhirst (Riverhead)
In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft. - 8 (5). THE GALES OF NOVEMBER, John U. Bacon (Liveright)
An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago. - 9 (-). OUTLIVE, Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony)
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity. - 10 (11). EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, John Green (Crash Course)
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. - 11 (3). POEMS & PRAYERS, Matthew McConaughey (Crown)
The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives. - 12 (-). I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED, Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster)
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother. - 13 (-). ON TYRANNY, Timothy Snyder (Crown)
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny. - 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 (7). TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney (Mariner)
The Fox News Channel’s chief political anchor chronicles the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt.
