The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 12/14/2024, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
- 1 (2). MELANIA, Melania Trump (Skyhorse)
The former and future first lady describes her work as a fashion model, marriage to Donald Trump and time in the White House. - 2 (5). THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES, Amy Tan (Knopf)
Essays and drawings by the author of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Bonesetter's Daughter,” which depict a search for peace through birding. - 3 (1). CHER: THE MEMOIR, PART ONE, Cher (Dey Street)
In the first part of her memoir, the multiple award-winning pop culture icon traces her childhood and forays into the world of entertainment. - 4 (3). BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS, Ina Garten (Crown)
A memoir by the cookbook author and Food Network host known as the Barefoot Contessa. - 5 (4). FRAMED, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday)
Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration. - 6 (7). 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. - 7 (8). THE SERVICEBERRY, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Scribner)
The author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne. - 8 (6). CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (St. Martin's)
The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents. - 9 (10). THE DEMON OF UNREST, Erik Larson (Crown)
The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War. - 10 (9). REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT, Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics. - 11 (13). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. - 12 (12). FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough (Random House)
Presley’s memoir, completed by her daughter, explores her relationships and challenges. - 13 (-). HILLBILLY ELEGY, JD Vance (Harper)
The vice president-elect, in a memoir written shortly after graduating from Yale Law School, looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood. - 14 (-). NEXUS, Yuval Noah Harari (Random House)
The author of “Sapiens” delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence. - 15 (-). THE WAGER, David Grann (Doubleday)
The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.