. New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers July 4, 2021 1. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard  The 10th book in the conservative commentator's Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century. 2. Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero by Amanda Kloots and Anna Kloots The wife of the late Broadway star Nick Cordero recounts his battle with Covid-19 and the hope she found in her infant son, Elvis. 3. 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. 4. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. 5. 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. 6. The Premonition by Michael Lewis Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines. 7. In the Heights: Finding Home by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jeremy McCarter  Stories, essays and lyrics that chart the creative journey of the Tony Award-winning musical that is now a motion picture. 8. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith A staff writer at The Atlantic explores the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history. 9. Untamed by Glennon Doyle The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. 10. On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed The Pulitzer Prize winner weaves together American history with personal memoir to show the importance of events in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. 11. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency by Jean Becker A chief of staff who served former President George H.W. Bush from 1994 to 2018 details his life post-presidency. © 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 July 4, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 19, 2021. Home  | Catalog | Contact Us | Frequently Asked Questions