The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 01/11/2025, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
- 1 (-). THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER, Shari Franke (Gallery)
Franke gives an account of abuse within her family who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.” - 2 (1). 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. - 3 (2). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. - 4 (4). 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 (3). 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. - 6 (5). 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. - 7 (7). FRAMED, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday)
Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration. - 8 (9). GREENLIGHTS, Matthew McConaughey (Crown)
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. - 9 (14). 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 (11). 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. - 11 (6). 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. - 12 (13). OUTLIVE, Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony)
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity. - 13 (8). REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT, Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics. - 14 (10). CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (St. Martin's)
The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents. - 15 (-). ON TYRANNY, Timothy Snyder (Crown)
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.