New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
August 23, 2026 

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman
1. Regime Change
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home by Peter Santenello
2. Your Fellow Americans
by Peter Santenello

An independent journalist and filmmaker profiles an array of Americans to demonstrate our complexities.
Welcome to Your Life: Love, Death & Tears for Fears by Roland Orzabal
3. Welcome to Your Life
by Roland Orzabal

A founding member of the English band Tears for Fears shares some of his experiences and his fascination with astrology.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
4. Strangers
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.
Biological War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
5. Biological War
by Annie Jacobsen

The author of Nuclear War describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.
10. London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
6. London Falling
by Patrick Radden Keefe

The author of Say Nothing details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by J. D. Vance
7. Communion
by J.D. Vance

The vice president and author of Hillbilly Elegy describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried about: A Memoir by Isabel Klee
8. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About
by Isabel Klee

Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
11. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
9. The Anxious Generation
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.
The Land and Its People: Essays by David Sedaris
10. The Land and Its People
by David Sedaris

Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer. 
Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World by Eric Metaxas
11. Revolution
by Eric Metaxas

The author of Martin Luther and Bonhoeffer gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.
All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir by Emilee Hackney
12. All That's Unseen
by Emilee Hackney

Hackney recounts moving away from her Pentecostal upbringing in the Appalachian Mountains to attend Harvard.
12. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
13. 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.
How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University by Theo Baker
14. How to Rule the World
by Theo Baker

The Stanford University student chronicles his investigation that helped end the tenure of Marc Tessier-Lavigne as the school’s president.
The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Jr. Kennedy, Robert F.
15. The Real Anthony Fauci
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the former chief medical advisor to the president.
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A version of this list appears in the August 23, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 8, 2026.
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