The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 09/06/2025, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
- 1 (-). SISTER WIFE, Christine Brown Woolley (Gallery)
Known for her appearances on the reality TV series “Sister Wives,” Woolley chronicles how she moved away from polygamy. - 2 (-). LIONS AND SCAVENGERS, Ben Shapiro (Threshold Editions)
A co-founder of The Daily Wire and conservative podcast host shares his views on inequality. - 3 (2). 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. - 4 (1). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. - 5 (-). CHASING EVIL, John Edward and Robert Hilland with Natasha Stoynoff (St. Martin’s Essentials)
A psychic medium and a former F.B.I. agent portray their partnership. - 6 (5). ON POWER, Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)
The Fox News host considers various facets of power and its effect on history. - 7 (8). BLACK AF HISTORY, Michael Harriot (Dey Street)
A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. - 8 (-). MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME, Arundhati Roy (Scribner)
The author of “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” ruminates on her relationship with her late mother. - 9 (-). THEY ALL CAME TO BARNEYS, Gene Pressman (Viking)
How three generations of the Pressman family developed the business of the luxury department store Barneys. - 10 (6). FRAMED, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Vintage)
Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration. - 11 (7). EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, John Green (Crash Course)
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. - 12 (-). WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, Paul Kalanithi (Random House)
- 13 (3). BREAKNECK, Dan Wang (Norton)
An examination of rapid growth and political repression in China and how it compares to the United States. - 14 (-). THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL, Seth Harp (Viking)
An Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter delves into unsolved murders connected to drug trafficking at the Special Operations base. - 15 (15). BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.