New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers September 15, 2024 1. 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. 2. At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster The author of Battlegrounds and former national security adviser assesses his time in the Trump White House. 3. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack Two cast members of The West Wing share insights into the creation and legacy of the series. 4. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs by Luis Elizondo The former head of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program shares insights on unidentified anomalous phenomena. 5. The Art of Power: My Story As America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi The representative from California chronicles her journey in politics, including her time as the first woman to serve as speaker of the House. 6. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity. 7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson The author of The Splendid and the Vile portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War. 8. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver The founder of FiveThirtyEight and author of The Signal and the Noise profiles professional risk-takers. 9. The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 by Nick Lloyd A history of battles fought between 1914 and 1918 on the Eastern Front of the First World War. 10. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein An account of the downfall of the personal injury attorney Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty of murdering his wife and son. 11. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s. 12. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy by Brian Tyler Cohen The YouTube host and podcaster gives his take on the current state of the Republican Party. 13. Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen The author of Operation Paperclip portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch. 14. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events. 15. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss A professor of history at James Madison University depicts the role bookstores have played in American cultural life. ©2024 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 September 15, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 31, 2024.