New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
August 10, 2025

1. The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy
by James Patterson and Vicky Ward
Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.
 
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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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.
Print and eAudiobook available.
               
6. My Good Side
by Scheana Shay

The actress and star of the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules shares behind-the-scenes stories and struggles she experienced in her life.
 
7. Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
by Salena Zito
A firsthand account of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during an open-air campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.
8. 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.
9. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
by Sophie Elmhirst
In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple's dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
10. Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.
Print and eAudiobook available.
11. Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service           by Michael Lewis
Essays by Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lewis illuminate the work of federal employees and the business of government.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
12. The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner
The author of Legacy of Ashes chronicles changes and struggles at the Central Intelligence Agency in the 21st century.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
13. I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
14. 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. 
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
15. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
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A version of this list appears in the August 10, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 26, 2025.
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