NYT Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 28, 2024
SOMEHOW
Anne Lamott
Riverhead
9780593714416
0-593-71441-5
Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of “Dusk, Night, Dawn” and “Bird by Bird.”
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.
I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED
Jennette McCurdy
Simon & Schuster
9781982185824
1-982185-82-1
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
THE WIDE WIDE SEA
Hampton Sides
Doubleday
9780385544764
0-385-54476-6
The author of “On Desperate Ground” depicts Captain James Cook’s final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS
Fareed Zakaria
Norton
9780393239232
0-393-23923-3
The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING
Amanda Montell
Atria/One Signal
9781668007976
1-66800-797-5
The linguist and podcast host examines cognitive biases and coping mechanisms used in our current information age.
THE WAGER
David Grann
Doubleday
9780385534260
0-385-53426-4
The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
OUTLIVE
Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
Harmony
9780593236598
0-593-23659-9
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
THE SECRET LIVES OF BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
Little, Brown
9780316567534
0-316-56753-1
Profiles of the workers who connect people with books.
BURN BOOK
Kara Swisher
Simon & Schuster
9781982163891
1-982163-89-5
The tech journalist and podcast host gives an overview of the tech industry and the foibles of its founders.
GET IT TOGETHER
Jesse Watters
Broadside
9780063252035
0-06-325203-1
The Fox News host gives his take on some people whose political views differ from the ones to which he subscribes.
BLOOD MONEY
Peter Schweizer
Harper
9780063061194
0-06-306119-8
The author of “Red-Handed” depicts a scheme involving the Chinese Communist Party’s covert operations in America.
THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR
Hanif Abdurraqib
Random House
9780593448793
0-593-44879-0
The MacArthur Foundation fellow and author of “Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest” reflects on life and success through the lens of basketball.
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Peter Brown and Steven Gaines
St. Martin's
9781250285010
1-250-28501-1
An oral history of the Beatles based on interviews with members of the band and others who were close to them.
BECKY LYNCH: THE MAN
Rebecca Quin
Gallery
9781982157258
1-982157-25-9
The WWE star describes her journey from her Catholic upbringing in Ireland to her success in the wrestling ring.