The NYT Best Sellers - 21 September 2025 (Nonfiction)
The NYT Best Sellers - 21 September 2025 (Nonfiction)
01. SISTER WIFE by Christine Brown Woolley
02. LIONS AND SCAVENGERS by Ben Shapiro
03. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt
04. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
05. CHASING EVIL by John Edward
06. ON POWER by Mark R. Levin
07. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot
08. MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
09. THEY ALL CAME TO BARNEYS by Gene Pressman
10. FRAMED by John Grisham
11. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green
12. WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi
13. BREAKNECK by Dan Wang
14. THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL by Seth Harp
15. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
New This Week:
Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom chronicles reality-TV star Christine Brown Woolley’s journey from an eager polygamous bride to reclaiming her independence after 25 years in a plural marriage on TLC’s Sister Wives. She revisits her Mormon upbringing, the dynamics of sharing husband Kody Brown with three co-wives, and the moment she realized the lifestyle no longer aligned with her values. Woolley discloses previously hidden struggles—including a post-surgery oxycodone addiction—and how that battle, along with Kody’s “love-bombing” and comparison tactics, spurred her decision to leave. Throughout the memoir she reflects on raising six children, grieving family losses, and finding new love with husband David Woolley, offering readers lessons on resilience, faith, and self-worth.
Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics) by Ben Shapiro is a provocative manifesto examining the current state of Western civilization, contrasting noble "Lions" who build and defend freedom with destructive "Scavengers" who spread resentment and entitlement, urging readers to embrace virtue, duty, and ambition to preserve America's founding principles. Released in 2025, this #1 New York Times bestselling author's latest work critiques inequality narratives, champions individual merit, and calls for a revival of bold leadership amid cultural and political divides.
Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent’s Search for Hope and Justice recounts retired FBI agent Robert “Bob” Hilland’s 25-year, off-the-books partnership with psychic medium John Edward. What began in 1998 as a desperate cold-case tip grew into dozens of clandestine collaborations—helping locate murder victims, break dog-fighting rings, and even warn the Secret Service of threats—while forcing the skeptical agent to rethink the boundaries between evidence and intuition.
Arundhati Roy’s first memoir traces how her fierce, unconventional mother—educator and activist Mary Roy—shaped her life as a writer and political firebrand, becoming both “my shelter and my storm.” Written in the aftermath of Mary’s death in 2022, the book moves from Roy’s Kerala childhood through her Booker-winning debut, years of protest, and the complicated love that bound and scarred them.
They All Came to Barneys is a glittering, tell-all memoir that traces three generations of the Pressman family—from founder Barney pawning his wife’s ring in 1923 to open a discount menswear shop, through the store’s 1990s high-fashion heyday, and finally to its spectacular bankruptcy in 1996. Gene Pressman, the brash third-generation creative director, recounts how he introduced women’s wear, avant-garde designers like Armani and Alaïa, and headline-grabbing window displays that made Barneys “the world’s greatest, most exciting store.”