The following selection showcases forty nonfiction titles that are currently topping the charts, each accompanied by its author and publisher.
1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature — Emily Wilson (Liveright)
2. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State — Jill Lepore (Liveright)
3. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made — Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
5. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald — John U. Bacon (Liveright)
6. Guinness World Records 2027 — Guinness World Records
7. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy — Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
8. Is a River Alive? — Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
9. Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era — Susan Neiman (W. W. Norton)
10. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing — Hu AnYan (Astra House)
11. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
12. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss — Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
13. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life — Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
14. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism — Jared Huffman (W. W. Norton)
15. A Resistance History of the United States — Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
16. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
17. Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story — Simon Pare-Poupart (Melville House)
18. This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy — Ben Wikler (W. W. Norton)
19. Triage — Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
20. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature — Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
21. Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival — Stephen Greenblatt (W. W. Norton)
22. The Book of Genocides — Dana Mashoian Walrath (Harvard University Press)
23. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail — Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
24. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome — Mary Beard (Liveright)
25. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
26. A Little History of Mathematics (Little Histories) — Snezana Lawrence (Yale University Press)
27. Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People — Nikolas Bowie, Daphna Renan (W. W. Norton)
28. A Philosophy of Walking — Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
29. Notes to New Mothers — Rebecca Knight (Ed.) (W. W. Norton)
30. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation — Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
31. The Adaptability Quotient: Rewiring Your Mind for Success in the Next Human Era — Alec Litowitz (Disruption Books)
32. 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy — Timothy W. Ryback (Atlantic Monthly Press)
33. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America — Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
34. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson (New Harbinger Publications)
35. All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror — Peter Bergen (W. W. Norton)
36. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
37. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) — Dean Spade (Verso)
38. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps — John Elledge (The Experiment)
39. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary — Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
40. Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry — Js Tan, Clarissa Redwine (Haymarket Books)
