New York Times
Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
July 27, 2025
1. Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
by
Salena Zito
A firsthand account of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during an open-air campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.
2. On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
by
Christine Brennan
A sports columnist for
USA Today
profiles the ascendance of the sports and cultural icon Caitlin Clark.
3. 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.
4. 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America
by
Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf
Journalists from
The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times
and
The Washington Post
examine the most recent presidential election campaign.
5. Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America's Homefront
by
Johnny Joey Jones
The Fox News military analyst extols the first responders among his friends and family.
6. Mark Twain
by
Ron Chernow
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.
7. Abundance
by
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
A
New York Times
opinion columnist and a staff writer at
The Atlantic
evaluate obstacles to American progress.
8. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by
Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
9. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
by
Sophie Elmhirst
In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple's dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.
10. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
by
Michael Harriot
A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
11. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by
John Green
The author of
The Anthropocene Reviewed
chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
12. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by
Erik Larson
The author of
The Splendid and the Vile
portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.
13. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
by
Yuval Noah Harari
The author of
Sapiens
delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence.
14. When Breath Becomes Air
by
Paul Kalanithi
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
15. Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind
by
Nate Bargatze
The Grammy Award-nominated comedian shares snippets from his life and career.
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A version of this list appears in the July 27, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 12, 2025.
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