Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 06/13/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
Rank (prior week)
- 1 (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. - 2 (4). THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, David Sedaris (Little, Brown)
Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer. - 3 (1). VIEW FROM THE EAST WING, Jill Biden (Gallery)
The former first lady recounts her time in the White House, causes she championed and her simultaneous work as a community college professor. - 4 (9). 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. - 5 (8). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. - 6 (-). COURAGE CAN SAVE US, Rye Barcott (Bloomsbury)
Profiles of Democratic and Republican politicians who previously served in the military or the F.B.I. - 7 (-). THE MAILMAN, Stephen Starring Grant (Simon & Schuster)
After losing his corporate job and being diagnosed with cancer, Grant becomes a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. - 8 (-). ALL AMERICAN PATRIOTISM, Rachel Campos-Duffy (Fox News)
The co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend” brings together songs, stories and photographs to celebrate America. - 9 (-). A SCREAMING LIFE, Kim Thayil with Adem Tepedelen (Morrow)
The story of the band Soundgarden told by its lead guitarist and co-founder. - 10 (6). TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER, Neil deGrasse Tyson (Simon Six)
The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like. - 11 (13). FAMESICK, Lena Dunham (Random House)
The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her. - 12 (15). 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. - 13 (11). ALL WE SAY, Ben Rhodes (Random House)
The former speechwriter for President Obama explicates what it means to be American through this collection of 15 speeches. - 14 (-). TRANSCENDENT, Laverne Cox (Gallery)
The Emmy-nominated actress shares her story of being a transgender woman in Hollywood and fighting for transgender rights. - 15 (-). THE CASE FOR AMERICA, Bret Baier (Mariner)
The chief political anchor for Fox News shares his perspectives on our national character during divisive times.
