New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers

Last Updated: November 12, 2024

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham, John McCloskey

Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the victims of the United States criminal justice system. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, wives, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free.

War by Bob Woodward

War
by Bob Woodward

War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history.

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

Ina Garten, the author of thirteen best-selling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and the cultural icon whose face has launched a thousand memes, shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revisits the world of social epidemics first explored in Gladwell’s 2000 book “The tipping point,” this time taking a closer look at the dark side of social engineering.

From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

From Here to the Great Unknown
by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Elvis’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, tells her whole story for the first time in a memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough, after Lisa Marie’s death.

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories-our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking-expose and distort our realities.

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

An essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults.

Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. The authors’ extensive research has uncovered never before seen historical facts based on private correspondence and newly discovered documentation.

Patriot by Alexei Navalny

Patriot
by Alexei Navalny

A political freedom fighter who paid the ultimate price for his convictions recounts his political career, the many attempts on his life and the lives of the people closest to him and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime.