New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
July 13, 2025

1. Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America's Homefront
by Johnny Joey Jones

The Fox News military analyst extols the first responders among his friends and family.
2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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.
3. Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.
4. Not My Type: One Woman Vs. a President
by E. Jean Carroll

The journalist shares moments from her life and the two trials in which she accused President Trump of sexual assault and defamation.
5.  Abundance
by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson 

A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.
6. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green

The author of The Anthropocene Reviewed chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
7. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

An account of Joe Biden's initial decision to run for re-election in 2024 and its numerous consequences.
8. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
9. Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind
by Nate Bargatze

The Grammy Award-nominated comedian shares snippets from his life and career.
10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The author of Braiding Sweetgrass illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.
11. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
by Michael Harriot

A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
12. 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. 
13. This Dog Will Change Your Life
by Elias Weiss Friedman with Ben Greenman

The photographer known as the Dogist contends that dog ownership can improve your life.
14. Patriot
by Alexei Navalny

A posthumously published memoir by the late Russian political opposition leader and political prisoner who began writing this after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020.
 
15. The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
by Rick Atkinson

The author of The British Are Coming portrays the middle years of the American Revolution.
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A version of this list appears in the July 13, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 28, 2025.

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