New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers

Last Updated: March 7, 2026

Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon by Peter Schweizer

The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.

The Look by Michele Obama with Meredith Koop

The Look
by Michele Obama with Meredith Koop

A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.

1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History- And How it Shattered a Nation by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.

American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology by John Meacham

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer examines national divisions and debates over the last four centuries.

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson

The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence.

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

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.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring–specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies.

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.