. New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 16, 2021 1. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. 2. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II. 3. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke (editor) and Brené Brown (editor) An anthology of writing on the Black experience and shame resilience. 4. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan A collection of essays by the Emmy-winning actor who became a viral sensation without knowing what that phrase meant at the time. 5. Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants by George W. Bush Forty-three portraits by the former president, of men and women who have immigrated to the United States. 6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer. 7. Untamed by Glennon Doyle The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. 8. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. 9. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. 10. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA. 11. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world. 12. Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age by Amy Klobuchar The senior senator from Minnesota suggests ways to deal with monopolies, promote business competition and encourage innovation. 13. Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power by Susan Page Based on numerous interviews, the USA Today Washington bureau chief profiles the current speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. 14. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe A portrait of the Sackler family, known for their philanthropy toward institutions around the world, and their involvement with Valium and OxyContin. 15. On the House: A Washington Memoir by John Boehner The former Speaker of the House reflects on his time in Washington, key political figures and the current state of the Republican Party. © 2021  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 May 16,2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 1, 2021. Home  | Catalog | Contact Us | Frequently Asked Questions