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Data from The New York Times · Updated weekly · Week of Jul 25

The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, week of July 25, 2026.

15 books
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Haberman, Maggie
Strangers A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy by Wikler, Ben
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by Vance, J. D.
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About A Memoir by Isabel Klee
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Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Haberman, Maggie
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
by Haberman, Maggie

Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.

Weeks on list
5
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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.

Weeks on list
27
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This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy by Wikler, Ben
This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
by Wikler, Ben

The former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin shares his perspectives on what it takes to win elections.

Weeks on list
1
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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.

Weeks on list
6
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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About A Memoir by Isabel Klee
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About A Memoir
by Isabel Klee

Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.

Weeks on list
7
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The Day After - How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World by Brian Tyler Cohen
The Day After - How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World
by Brian Tyler Cohen

The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.

Weeks on list
2
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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.

Weeks on list
16
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Cancel Me If You Can by Dave Portnoy
Cancel Me If You Can
by Dave Portnoy

The founder of Barstool Sports describes how he grew his business from a four-page newspaper into the digital media company it is today.

Weeks on list
4
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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.

Weeks on list
7
10
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.

Weeks on list
9
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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.

Weeks on list
116
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When Breath Becomes Air Pulitzer Prize Finalist by Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air Pulitzer Prize Finalist
by Paul Kalanithi

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

Weeks on list
80
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They Stole a City - Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy by Lauren Collins
They Stole a City - Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy
by Lauren Collins

A staff writer at The New Yorker depicts the 1898 massacre and coup in Wilmington, N.C., and its impact on four families.

Weeks on list
2
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Ghost Girl: Surviving the Black Swan Murder―A Memoir by Benefield, Eva
Ghost Girl: Surviving the Black Swan Murder―A Memoir
by Benefield, Eva

The daughter of the victim of the "Black Swan" murder case recounts how she navigated early adulthood on her own.

Weeks on list
1
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Careless People A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Careless People A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
by Sarah Wynn-Williams

A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.

Weeks on list
10