New York Times
Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
May 5, 2024
1. 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.
2. 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.
4. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie
The Booker Prize-winning author details the attack on him at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022 and the steps he took to heal from it.
5. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
by Anne Lamott
Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of
Dusk, Night, Dawn
.
6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
by Hampton Sides
The author of
On Desperate Ground
depicts Captain James Cook's final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.
7. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
by Alua Arthur
A death doula portrays some moments experienced by herself and some of her clients as they faced the end of their lives.
8. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
by Caleb Carr
Carr describes the 17-year relationship he had with a Siberian Forest cat named Masha.
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9. I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
10. 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.
11. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
12. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
by Fareed Zakaria
The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
14. Nuclear War: A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen
The author
portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missle launch.
15. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
by David E. Sanger with Mary K. Brooks
An examination of current struggles America faces with Russia and China.
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A version of this list appears in the May 5, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 20, 2024.
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