New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
July 26, 2026 

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman
1. Regime Change
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World by Eric Metaxas
2. Revolution
by Eric Metaxas

The author of Martin Luther and Bonhoeffer gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.
Cancel Me If You Can by Dave Portnoy
3. Cancel Me If You Can
by Dave Portnoy

The founder of Barstool Sports describes how he grew his business from a four-page newspaper into the digital media company it is today.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
4. Strangers
by Belle Burden

Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by J. D. Vance
5. Communion
by J.D. Vance

The vice president and author of Hillbilly Elegy describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.
The Land and Its People: Essays by David Sedaris
6. The Land and Its People
by David Sedaris

Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer. 
10. London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
7. London Falling
by Patrick Radden Keefe

The author of Say Nothing details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham
8. Famesick
by Lena Dunham

The author of Not That Kind of Girl evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
11. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
9. The Anxious Generation
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.
15. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
10. Everything Is Tuberculosis
by John Green

The author of The Anthropocene Reviewed chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. 
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude
11. America, U.S.A.
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

The author of Begin Again delves into elements of America’s difficult and complicated past, and what they portend for our future.
12. On Courage by Julia Angwin <span>and Ami Fields-Meyer</span>
12. On Courage
by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer

The authors of the New Yorker essay "So You Want to Be a Dissident?" profile people who stood up to authoritarianism.
12. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
by Walter Isaacson

The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence.
11. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
14. When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36. 
Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind by Gad Saad
15. Suicidal Empathy
by Gad Saad

The host of the podcast The Saad Truth argues that what he considers misguided compassion is having a negative impact on society.
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A version of this list appears in the July 26, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 11, 2026.
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