New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers August 28, 2022 1. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother. 2. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss The life story of the Olympic athlete, All-American football player and Major League Baseball player Jim Thorpe. 3. Finding Me by Viola Davis The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success. 4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer. 5. The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five-Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank The Washington Post columnist describes Republican actions between the signing of the Contract With America and the Jan. 6 insurrection. 6. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green The memoirs of the late composer, author and screenwriter, written with the chief theater critic at The New York Times. 7. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. 8. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure by Rinker Buck  The author of The Oregon Trail recounts his adventures on a wooden flatboat and challenges the myths of American expansion. 9. Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin The Fox & Friends Weekend host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education. 10. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. 11.  Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions by Sabine Hossenfelder The physicist and creator of the You Tube series Science Without the Gobbledygook takes on some of the biggest questions in life and physics. 12. America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity by Tim Scott with Joel N. Clark The Republican senator from South Carolina shares stories from his life and the lives of other Americans. 13. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world. 14. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard The 11th book in the conservative commentator's Killing series gives an account of the global war against terrorists. 15. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic. ©2022 All rights reserved by New York Times Syndication Sales Corp. This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.   A version of this list appears in the August 28, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 13, 2022. Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org        Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, Maureen Kern, Chairwoman