The New York Times: Nonfiction Bestsellers

The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 05/04/2024, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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  • 1 (-). 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.
  • 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 (-). UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A JEW, Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tish (Simon Element)
    A wide-ranging examination of Judaism and antisemitism in America today.
  • 4 (2). 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.
  • 5 (-). FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY, Tulsi Gabbard (Regnery)
    The Army Reserve officer, former member of Congress and 2020 presidential candidate explains why she left the Democratic Party.
  • 6 (-). THE AGE OF GRIEVANCE, Frank Bruni (Avid Reader)
    The New York Times contributing Opinion writer evaluates the tone of our current culture and politics, which interweaves larger wrongs and smaller slights.
  • 7 (5). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
    How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
  • 8 (-). BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
    A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
  • 9 (12). LOVE, MOM, Nicole Saphier (Broadside)
    Fox News anchors and personalities contribute to a collection of reflections on motherhood.
  • 10 (8). 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.
  • 11 (6). THE WIDE WIDE SEA, Hampton Sides (Doubleday)
    The author of “On Desperate Ground” depicts Captain James Cook’s final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.
  • 12 (11). NUCLEAR WAR, Annie Jacobsen (Dutton)
    The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.
  • 13 (10). OUTLIVE, Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony)
    A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
  • 14 (-). THE LIGHT WE CARRY, Michelle Obama (Crown)
    The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
  • 15 (4). KNIFE, Salman Rushdie (Random House)
    The Booker Prize-winning author details the attack on him at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022 and the steps he took to heal from it.