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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
January 25, 2026 

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. The Look
by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop

A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
by Walter Isaacson

The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence. 
13. 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.
14. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
by Christine Kuehn

The story of a family that worked as Japanese and Nazi spies during World War II.
15. Homeschooled
by Stefan Merrill Block

Block gives an account of his experiences with his mother after being taken out of school.
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A version of this list appears in the January 25, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 10, 2026.
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