Nonfiction Bestsellers

The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 09/19/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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  • 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.