The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction" titles for 05/02/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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• 1 (-). DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I'VE CRIED ABOUT, Isabel Klee (Morrow)
  Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
• 2 (1). 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 (3). FAMESICK, Lena Dunham (Random House)
  The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
• 4 (4). 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 (2). WHEN WE SEE YOU AGAIN, Rachel Goldberg-Polin (Random House)
  A mother recounts the capture of her son, Hersh, from the Nova Music Festival and his subsequent execution.
• 6 (5). THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin)
  How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
• 7 (-). BROKEN PLEA, Christopher Whitcomb (Harper Select)
  A re-examination of the story of the murder of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home on Nov. 13, 2022.
• 8 (-). THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING, Mary Cain (Mariner)
  The elite runner describes the toll that training and injuries took on her, and the pervasiveness of abuse in youth sports.
• 9 (-). STRIPPED DOWN, Bunnie Xo (Dey Street)
  The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.
• 10 (13). 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.
• 11 (6). THIS VAST ENTERPRISE, Craig Fehrman (Avid Reader)
  A revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition viewed from the perspectives of 10 people connected to it.
• 12 (-). DRIVEN, Susie Wolff (Holt)
  The managing director of F1 Academy and former professional racing driver chronicles her time in the sport.
• 13 (-). THE STORY OF BIRDS, Steve Brusatte (Mariner)
  The paleontologist gives an evolutionary history of birds that explains how they began to fly and survived millenniums.
• 14 (-). WHEN THE WORLD SLEEPS, Francesca Albanese (Other)
  A look at the past, present and future of Palestine told through the stories of 10 people; translated by Gregory Conti.
• 15 (-). ISRAEL ON TRIAL, Roy K. Altman (Advantage)
  A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida presents arguments regarding Israel.