New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers July 17, 2022 1. 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. 2. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell by Tim Miller The former Republican political operative assesses why some centrist conservatives fell under the sway of Donald Trump. 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. 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. 5. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe A dozen articles, previously published in The New Yorker, which include profiles of a black-market arms merchant, a whistle-blower and the late Anthony Bourdain. 9. James Patterson: The Stories of My Life. by James Patterson The author's life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller. 10. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please by Tom Segura The stand-up comedian and podcaster shares stories of parenting and strange encounters. 11. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy and Nick Palmisciano The Green Beret and former mixed martial arts fighter describes how his failures shaped who he is today. 12. The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan A look at potential changes in globalization. 13. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. 14. 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. 15. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein (editors) Viewing America's entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine. ©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 July 17, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 2, 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