The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 08/22/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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• 1 (-). THIS IS ME, Hayden Panettiere (Grand Central)
  The late Golden Globe-nominated actress describes how she contended with fame and handled difficulties in her life.
• 2 (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.
• 3 (-). THE NERD REICH, Gil Durán (Avid Reader)
  An independent journalist portrays a new political order that would supplant elected governments with corporate rule.
• 4 (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.
• 5 (4). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
  How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
• 6 (2). THE DAY AFTER, Brian Tyler Cohen (Harper)
  The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
• 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 (12). ALL ABOUT LOVE, bell hooks (Morrow)
  The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
• 9 (6). BIOLOGICAL WAR, Annie Jacobsen (Dutton)
  The author of “Nuclear War” describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.
• 10 (-). NO PROPHETS, Jared Huffman (Norton)
  The California congressman describes Christian nationalism’s work inside government to end the separation of church and state.
• 11 (8). BORN A CRIME, Trevor Noah (One World)
  The comedian recounts growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa.
• 12 (7). DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I'VE CRIED ABOUT, Isabel Klee (Morrow)
  Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
• 13 (13). THE GLASS CASTLE, Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
  The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.
• 14 (-). 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.
• 15 (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.