New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
October 18, 2020

1. The Meaning of Mariah Carey
by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis

The career highlights, public life and private struggles of the singer and songwriter.
2. Rage
by Bob Woodward

Based on 17 on-the-record interviews with President Trump and other reporting, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist details the president's perspective on multiple crises.
3. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
4. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age
by John Lithgow

A second illustrated collection of poems chronicling and satirizing current events.
5. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The ninth book in the conservative commentator's Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.
6. Untamed
by Glennon Doyle

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
7. Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
by Michael Cohen

An account of President Trump's business empire, political campaign and presidential administration by his former personal attorney.
8. How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi

A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. 
9. One Vote Away
by Ted Cruz

The Republican senator from Texas gives his views on what might happen if liberals gain a simple majority on the Supreme Court.
10. Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
by Candace Owens

The conservative commentator makes her case that Black Americans should part ways with the Democratic Party.
11. Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation
by Andrew Weissmann

A former lead prosecutor in the special counsel's office gives his account of the investigation into the 2016 election.
12. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump

The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Trump.
13. Live Free or Die: America (And the World) on the Brink
by Sean Hannity

The Fox News host offers his assessment on what is at stake in the 2020 election.
14. The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

A biography of White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III by a married couple who are a correspondent for The New York Times and a staff writer for the New Yorker. 
15. Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents
by Rod Dreher

The senior editor at The American Conservative perceives a totalitarian threat to Christians in the form of psychological manipulation.
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A version of this list appears in the October 18, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 3, 2020.
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