New York Times Bestsellers - Nonfiction
| This Week | Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction | Weeks On List | |
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| THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE, by Erik Larson. An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill. |
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| UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. |
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| EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university. |
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| LADY IN WAITING, by Anne Glenconner. A memoir that provides a look into the royal family by a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. |
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| THE GREAT INFLUENZA, by John M Barry. An overview of the 1918 flu epidemic and cautionary tale for similar kinds of large-scale outbreaks. |
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| THE OFFICE, by Andy Greene. An oral history of the sitcom from its beginnings on the BBC through its nine-season run on American network TV. |
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| THE MAMBA MENTALITY, by Kobe Bryant. Various skills and techniques used on the court by the late Los Angeles Lakers player. |
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| OPEN BOOK, by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary. The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction. |
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| BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent. |
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| SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species. |
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| THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS, by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. Stories, interviews and reflections on the act of letting go of resentment. |
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| TALKING TO STRANGERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings. |
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| THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. |
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| JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson. A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death. |
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| SAY NOTHING, by Patrick Radden Keefe. A look at the conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. |
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