New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
February 1, 2026 

1. Strangers
by Belle Burden

Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.
 
2. The Other Side of Change
by Maya Shankar

The cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans posits ways to redefine upheavals.
 
3. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History -- and How It Shattered a Nation
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.
Print and eBook available.
4. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
5. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
6. How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
by John Kennedy
The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.
 
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad
In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
8. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
9. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
10. 107 Days
by Kamala Harris
The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
11. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by John U. Bacon
An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
12. 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.
Print and eBook available.
13. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster
by Jacob Soboroff
The MS NOW reporter describes events during the 2025 fires in Los Angeles and what they might portend about future catastrophes.
 
14. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
by Walter Isaacson

The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence. 
 
15. The Look
by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop
A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.
Print and eBook available.
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A version of this list appears in the February 1, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 17, 2026.
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