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NYT Nonfiction Bestsellers October 2026 |
Many of these books are on our Bestsellers Shelves or available as eBooks. Call us to hold available copies: 415.789.2661 |
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The Perilous Fight by Colin Kaepernick Raised as a Black child in a white adoptive family, the future Super Bowl quarterback recounts finding his place through football, developing his political convictions and kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, reflecting upon the professional consequences and the questions his protest continues to raise.
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End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World by Naomi Klein Drawing on reporting and analysis, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor examine how Christian nationalists, technology leaders and anti-immigration movements use visions of catastrophe to justify exclusion and self-preservation, as they consider the contradictions within these alliances and propose a politics grounded in shared responsibility for people and the planet.
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This Is Me: A Reckoning by Hayden Panettiere In her memoir, Hayden Panettiere reflects upon growing up in the entertainment industry and the pressures of public life, recounting her work in television and film alongside experiences with postpartum depression, addiction, trauma, domestic abuse, loss and the effort to rebuild her life.
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán The journalist examines anti-democratic currents among influential technology investors and executives, tracing ideas associated with Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan and Elon Musk while considering how cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, social media and private wealth can reshape public institutions and political power.
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Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman Drawing upon extensive reporting and interviews inside the Trump White House, two award-winning New York Times journalists follow the first year of his second term as aides, lawyers and military leaders navigate court fights, border policy, foreign crises and an administration that has pushed the office well beyond its earlier limits, offering a close view of how power is used, resisted and normalized in Washington and abroad.
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky As companies and governments pursue increasingly capable artificial intelligence, two researchers argue that systems smarter than humans could develop goals at odds with our survival, examining how such a conflict might unfold, what evidence supports their concerns and what measures they believe could reduce the risk.
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy by Ben MacIntyre Drawing upon archives and interviews, MacIntyre follows the intelligence passed to MI6 in 1981 Tehran, when KGB officer Vladimir Kuzichkin approached British intelligence to protect a secret that could ruin him, becoming a double agent - as Soviet plans for Iran raised fears of wider conflict.
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Never Say Die: A Memoir by Ke Huy Quan After arriving in Los Angeles as a refugee from Vietnam, a chance audition launched his childhood acting career, but roles dwindled as he grew older; in this memoir, he recounts working behind the camera, returning to acting decades later and finding renewed success with Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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