New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
June 24, 2018
1. Calypso
by
David Sedaris
A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.
3. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
by
Anthony Ray Hinton and Lara Love Hardin
A wrongfully imprisoned man on death row becomes a beacon to his fellow inmates.
4. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
by
Michael Pollan
A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges.
5. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
by
Jon Meacham
The present political climate is contextualized through the lens of difficult moments in American history.
7. The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations
by
John McCain and Mark Salter
A memoir by the Republican senator from Arizona.
8. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by
Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund
A look at our biases and how the world is in a better state than we might think.
9. Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
by
Dan Abrams and David Fisher
The 1859 courtroom battle in which Abraham Lincoln defended the murderer of his protégé.
10. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
by
James Comey
The former F.B.I. director recounts cases and personal events that shaped his outlook on justice.
11. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
by
Zora Neale Hurston
A previously unpublished, first-person account of a man who was enslaved 50 years after the slave trade was banned.
13. Educated: A Memoir
by
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university.
14. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by
Michelle McNamara
A search for "the Golden State Killer."
15. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
by
Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney
The Fox News anchor describes Ronald Reagan's 1988 visit to the Soviet capital.
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A version of this list appears in the June 24, 2018 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 9, 2018.