The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers

The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 07/20/2024, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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  • 1 (-). HILLBILLY ELEGY, J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)
    The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
  • 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 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.
  • 4 (4). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
    How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
  • 5 (-). JFK JR., RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil (Gallery)
    Twenty-five years after his death, an oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.
  • 6 (-). CHAOS, Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring (Back Bay)
    A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.
  • 7 (9). ASK NOT, Maureen Callahan (Little, Brown)
    The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.
  • 8 (7). THE ART THIEF, Michael Finkel (Knopf)
    The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.
  • 9 (-). EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE, Dolly Alderton (Harper Perennial)
    The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.
  • 10 (6). NUCLEAR WAR, Annie Jacobsen (Dutton)
    The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.
  • 11 (8). ON CALL, Anthony S. Fauci (Viking)
    The physician-scientist and immunologist chronicles his six decades of public service, including his work during the AIDS crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • 12 (5). THE WAR ON WARRIORS, Pete Hegseth (Broadside)
    The "Fox & Friends Weekend" host shares his experiences serving in the Army and his views on the current state of the American military.
  • 13 (12). OUTLIVE, Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony)
    A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
  • 14 (11). FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING, Matthew Perry (Flatiron)
    The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
  • 15 (14). AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY, Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)
    A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.