New York Times Bestsellers - Nonfiction
| This Week | Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction | Weeks On List | |
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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. |
72 |
| 2 | 
| THE PIONEERS, by David McCullough. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters. |
9 |
| 3 | 
| UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS, by Mark R Levin. The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology. |
7 |
| 4 | 
| 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. |
34 |
| 5 | 
| BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.” |
51 |
| 6 | 
| HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN, by Howard Stern. The radio interviewer delves into some of his favorite on-air conversations from the past four decades of his career. |
8 |
| 7 | 
| THE MUELLER REPORT, by with related materials The Washington Post. Redacted findings from the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential obstruction of justice by the president. |
11 |
| 8 | 
| SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species. |
76 |
| 9 | 
| THE BRITISH ARE COMING, by Rick Atkinson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777. |
7 |
| 10 | 
| SONGS OF AMERICA, by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and Grammy Award winner Tim McGraw explore how America was shaped by music. |
4 |
| 11 | 
| THE SIXTH MAN, by Andre Iguodala with Carvell Wallace. A memoir by the professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and 2012 N.B.A. All-Star. |
2 |
| 12 | 
| MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE, by Lori Gottlieb. A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient. |
10 |
| 13 | 
| AMERICAN PREDATOR, by Maureen Callahan. How the F.B.I. caught Israel Keyes, a serial killer who, for 14 years, attacked victims across the country and returned to his quiet life in Alaska. |
1 |
| 14 | 
| MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL, by Adam Higginbotham. An account of the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, based on hundreds of hours of interviews. |
2 |
| 15 | 
| THE MAN WHO SOLD AMERICA, by Joy-Ann Reid. The MSNBC host gives her analysis of Donald Trump’s presidency. |
2 |