Using the Library | Catalog/Account | eContent |  Research | Services | Events | About Us New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers July 8, 2018 1. Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer The former White House communications director prescribes a way forward for Democrats. 2. Calypso by David Sedaris A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section. 3. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham The present political climate is contextualized through the lens of difficult moments in American history. 4. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges. 5. Trump's America: The Truth About Our Nation's Great Comeback by Newt Gingrich The former speaker of the House's views on the achievements of and obstacles facing the current administration. 6. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university. 7. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos. 8. Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams and David Fisher The 1859 courtroom battle in which Abraham Lincoln defended the murderer of his protégé. 9. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin A wrongfully imprisoned man on death row becomes a beacon to his fellow inmates. 10. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe. 11. Born Trump: Inside America's First Family by Emily Jane Fox The Vanity Fair journalist looks at Donald Trump as a father and the personalities of his five children. 12. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston A previously unpublished, first-person account of a man who was enslaved 50 years after the slave trade was banned. 13. The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes A memoir by the former speechwriter and deputy national security advisor to President Obama. 14. Room to Dream: A Life by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna Part memoir, part biography about the life and work of the auteur David Lynch. 15. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund A look at our biases and how the world is in a better state than we might think. © 2018 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 8, 2018 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 23, 2018. Subscribe to other newsletters | View newsletter archives | Readers' Club on library website