NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

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Applegate, Christina, 1971-

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#1 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages, expected to be on time, with lines learned, ready for lights-camera-action. Performing began as a financial necessity and became an emotional escape from a tumultuous home life in the infamous Laurel Canyon scene of the 1970s and 80s. She rocketed to stardom on the sitcom Married...with Children and went on to captivate audiences in classics like Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead..., Anchorman,...

2) Stripped down: unfiltered and unapologetic

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Bunnie Xo, 1980-

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#2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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PAlisa DeFord, known to her millions of fans as Bunnie Xo, started at the bottom and spent the first part of her life falling even deeper. Now, Bunnie Xo is one of today's most successful podcasters and has paved her way through the entertainment industry as the owner of Dumb Blonde Productions, building an empire with heart and personality at the forefront. Stripped Down is the story of how Bunnie Xo rose to the top, how she used her own wiles to...

3) Nobody's girl: a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice

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Giuffre, Virginia Roberts, 1983-2025

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 20 week(s).

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"The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words--until now. In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally...

4) Strangers: a memoir of marriage

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Burden, Belle

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#5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 8 week(s).

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"In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha's Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together--building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor...

5) A world appears: a journey into consciousness

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Pollan, Michael

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: that it feels like something to be us. Yet the fact we have subjective experience of the world remains one of nature's greatest mysteries. How is it that our mental operations are accompanied by feelings, thoughts, and a sense of self? What would a scientific investigation of our inner life look like, considering we...

6) Young man in a hurry: a memoir of discovery

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Newsom, Gavin, 1967-

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#7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"From California Governor Gavin Newsom, an intimate and reflective memoir laying bare the defining moments of his liminal childhood splintered by his parents' divorce that shaped Newsom's visionary and relentless commitment to the state and nation"-- Provided by publisher.

7) The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma

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Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943-

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#8 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 285 week(s).

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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure

8) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness

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Haidt, Jonathan

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#9 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 97 week(s).

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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children...

9) How to test negative for stupid: and why Washington never will

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Kennedy, John, 1951-

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#10 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 14. It has been on the list for 22 week(s).

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Senator John Kennedy offers his tongue-in-cheek guidebook through Washington, punctuated by his thoughts on various issues and humorous stories about life from Louisiana politics and inside the Senate.

10) You better believe I'm gonna talk about it

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Rinna, Lisa

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"... Lisa peels back the curtain on her rollercoaster career and her unapologetic approach to life, dishing on the highs, the lows, and the "did-she-really-just-say-that?" moments that made her a household name. Yes, she's spilling all the tea from the soundstages of Days of Our Lives to the drama of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but she's also opening up about what it means to grow older in anindustry obsessed with youth, the lessons she's...

11) We the women: the hidden heroes who shaped America

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O'Donnell, Norah

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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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Award-winning journalist Norah O'Donnell uncovers untold stories of American women who fought for equality and shaped history from 1776 to present day. We the Women presents a fresh look at American history through the eyes of women, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the promises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator...

12) 1929: inside the greatest crash in Wall Street history--and how it shattered a nation

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Sorkin, Andrew Ross

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Last week it was ranked 15. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

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"With the depth of a classic history and the drama of a thriller, 1929 unravels the greed, blind optimism, and human folly that led to an era-defining collapse-one with ripple effects that still shape our society today. In 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders,...