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Data from The New York Times · Updated weekly · Week of Jun 20

The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, week of June 20, 2026.

15 books
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by Vance, J. D.
The Land and Its People - Essays by David Sedaris
Strangers A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
STRIPPED DOWN by Bunnie Xo
Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future by Rye Barcott
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Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by Vance, J. D.
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith
by Vance, J. D.

The vice president and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.

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The Land and Its People - Essays by David Sedaris
The Land and Its People - Essays
by David Sedaris

Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer.

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Strangers A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
Strangers A Memoir of Marriage
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.

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STRIPPED DOWN by Bunnie Xo
STRIPPED DOWN
by Bunnie Xo

The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.

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Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future by Rye Barcott
Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future
by Rye Barcott

Profiles of Democratic and Republican politicians who previously served in the military or the F.B.I.

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The Crooked Places Made Straight Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America by Raphael G. Warnock
The Crooked Places Made Straight Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
by Raphael G. Warnock

The senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, who also serves as a Democratic senator from Georgia, shares his perspectives on moral and political issues.

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London Falling A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
London Falling A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
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.

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Revolution - The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World by Eric Metaxas
Revolution - The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
by Eric Metaxas

The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.

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America, U.S.A. How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
America, U.S.A. How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
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.

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The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation by Bret Baier
The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation
by Bret Baier

The chief political anchor for Fox News shares his perspectives on our national character during divisive times.

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Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like.

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The Anxious Generation How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
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.

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All We Say - The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches by Ben Rhodes
All We Say - The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
by Ben Rhodes

The former speechwriter for President Obama explicates what it means to be American through this collection of 15 speeches.

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Suicidal Empathy - Dying to Be Kind by Gad Saad
Suicidal Empathy - Dying to Be Kind
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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6
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The Gales of November The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
The Gales of November The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by John U. Bacon

An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.

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