NYT Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 4, 2024
HILLBILLY ELEGY
J.D. Vance
HarperCollins
9780062300553
0-06-230055-5
The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
Jonathan Haidt
Penguin Press
9780593655030
0-593-65503-6
A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
THE DEMON OF UNREST
Erik Larson
Crown
9780385348744
0-385-34874-6
The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
Penguin
9780143127741
0-14-312774-8
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
JFK JR.
RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil
Gallery
9781668018514
1-66801-851-9
Twenty-five years after his death, an oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.
CHAOS
Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring
Back Bay
9780316477543
0-316-47754-0
A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.
ASK NOT
Maureen Callahan
Little, Brown
9780316276177
0-316-27617-0
The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.
THE ART THIEF
Michael Finkel
Knopf
9780593689219
The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE
Dolly Alderton
Harper Perennial
9780062968791
0-06-296879-3
The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.
NUCLEAR WAR
Annie Jacobsen
Dutton
9780593476093
0-593-47609-3
The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.
ON CALL
Anthony S. Fauci
Viking
9780593657478
0-593-65747-0
The physician-scientist and immunologist chronicles his six decades of public service, including his work during the AIDS crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.
THE WAR ON WARRIORS
Pete Hegseth
Broadside
9780063389427
0-06-338942-8
The "Fox & Friends Weekend" host shares his experiences serving in the Army and his views on the current state of the American military.
OUTLIVE
Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
Harmony
9780593236598
0-593-23659-9
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING
Matthew Perry
Flatiron
9781250866455
1-250-86645-6
The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Simon & Schuster
9781982108663
1-982108-66-5
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.