The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 05/30/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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• 1 (-). 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.
• 2 (2). 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.
• 3 (-). THE HERO NEXT DOOR, Martha Raddatz (Avid Reader)
  The Emmy Award–winning ABC News anchor profiles members of our military who served in the wake of 9/11.
• 4 (-). 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.
• 5 (1). LIAR'S KINGDOM, Andrew Weissmann (Little, Brown)
  The author of “Where Law Ends” argues that a flaw in America’s legal system allows for deceit in our politics.
• 6 (-). CRISIS OF THE COMMON GOOD, Chris Murphy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  The Democratic senator from Connecticut re-examines one of our country’s organizing principles.
• 7 (9). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
  How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
• 8 (12). TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER, Neil deGrasse Tyson (Simon Six)
  The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like.
• 9 (8). 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.
• 10 (7). FAMESICK, Lena Dunham (Random House)
  The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
• 11 (-). 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking)
  The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.
• 12 (-). THE INVISIBLE COUP, Peter Schweizer (Harper)
  The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.
• 13 (-). AMERICA, U.S.A., Eddie S. Glaude Jr (Crown)
  The author of “Begin Again” delves into elements of America’s difficult and complicated past, and what they portend for our future.
• 14 (3). SUICIDAL EMPATHY, Gad Saad (Broadside)
  The host of the podcast “The Saad Truth” argues that what he considers misguided compassion is having a negative impact on society.
• 15 (5). HOW TO RULE THE WORLD, Theo Baker (Penguin Press)
  The Stanford University student chronicles his investigation that helped end the tenure of Marc Tessier-Lavigne as the school’s president.