The NYT Best Sellers - 09 November 2025 (Nonfiction)
The NYT Best Sellers - 09 November 2025 (Nonfiction)
01. NOBODY'S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
02. TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN SPIRIT by Bret Baier
03. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
04. GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE by Joyce Vance
05. UNDER SIEGE by Eric Trump
06. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy
07. FINDING MY WAY by Malala Yousafzai
08. HEART OF A STRANGER by Angela Buchdahl
09. THE COLLEGE SCAM by Charlie Kirk
10. THE LAND OF SWEET FOREVER by Harper Lee
11. 107 DAYS by Kamala Harris
12. HOSTAGE by Eli Sharabi
13. POEMS & PRAYERS by Matthew McConaughey
14. CONFRONTING EVIL by Bill O'Reilly
15. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
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01. NOBODY'S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Nobody's Girl is the posthumous memoir of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Epstein and Maxwell's most outspoken victim, detailing her journey from an ordinary girl to a resilient advocate who exposed serial abusers and catalyzed Prince Andrew's downfall. Giuffre recounts her childhood molestation, trafficking by Epstein and Maxwell at age 17, and three alleged encounters with Prince Andrew.
02. TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN SPIRIT by Bret Baier
To Rescue the American Spirit is a captivating biography of Theodore Roosevelt, exploring how his bold leadership transformed the United States into a global superpower during a pivotal era. Baier chronicles Roosevelt's adventurous early life, from rejecting New York aristocracy to embracing the Wild West as a cowboy, adopting a code of authenticity and courage that defined his character.
04. GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE by Joyce Vance
Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy is Joyce Vance’s urgent call to action on how citizens can safeguard American democracy in a time of stress and polarization. Drawing on her decades as a federal prosecutor and U.S. Attorney, Vance frames current threats in historical context and translates legal principles into practical steps for civic engagement.
07. FINDING MY WAY by Malala Yousafzai
Finding My Way is Malala Yousafzai's intimate new memoir, reclaiming her narrative beyond the 2012 Taliban attack that thrust her into global fame at age 15, focusing on her young adulthood marked by self-discovery, anxiety, and the quest for personal identity amid public expectations. She shares candid stories of high school isolation, reckless Oxford college days, first love, getting ghosted, and nearly failing exams.
08. HEART OF A STRANGER by Angela Buchdahl
Heart of a Stranger is Rabbi Angela Buchdahl's poignant memoir, tracing her journey from a Korean immigrant family in Seattle to becoming Central Synagogue's senior rabbi in New York City, the first Asian-American in such a role in Reform Judaism. Born to a Korean mother and Jewish father, Buchdahl navigates racial microaggressions, cultural hybridity, and the tension between her Presbyterian upbringing and Jewish heritage, finding solace in music as a congregational soloist.
09. THE COLLEGE SCAM by Charlie Kirk
The College Scam is Charlie Kirk's scathing indictment of American higher education, structured as a "10-count" prosecutorial case against universities for fraud, indoctrination, and financial exploitation that burdens youth with debt and anti-American ideals. As founder of Turning Point USA, Kirk argues colleges no longer educate but brainwash students with far-left ideology, suppress free speech, and prioritize conformity over skills, citing high tuition inflation driven by federal loans and poor job outcomes.
10. THE LAND OF SWEET FOREVER by Harper Lee
The Land of Sweet Forever is a posthumous collection of Harper Lee's newly discovered short stories and previously published nonfiction, providing unprecedented insight into the evolution of her distinctive voice from early career submissions to later essays. Spanning her Alabama childhood schoolyards to midcentury Manhattan luncheonettes and movie houses, the pieces explore politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, and the American South, inviting reflections on engaged creative living.