The NYT Best Sellers - 15 February 2026 (Nonfiction)

The NYT Best Sellers - 15 February 2026 (Nonfiction)

01. THE INVISIBLE COUP by Peter Schweizer
02. STRANGERS by Belle Burden
03. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
04. WHERE WE KEEP THE LIGHT by Josh Shapiro
05. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
06. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy
07. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt
08. NOBODY'S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
09. THE GUY YOU LOVED TO HATE by Spencer Pratt
10. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder
11. I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy
12. ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad
13. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot
14. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia
15. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green

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04. WHERE WE KEEP THE LIGHT by Josh Shapiro
The memoir weaves Shapiro’s personal story—rooted in Jewish faith, family, and community service—with his political rise from state representative to Pennsylvania governor. Framed by the 2025 arson attack on the governor’s residence, he reflects on pivotal moments such as overseeing the 2018 grand jury report on Catholic Church abuse, managing crises, and being vetted as a potential 2024 vice‑presidential pick for Kamala Harris. Throughout, he highlights “where we keep the light”: the decency and resilience of ordinary Americans—victims’ families, activists, neighbors—whose actions, he argues, demonstrate that government can still be a force for good and that more unites Americans than divides them.

09. THE GUY YOU LOVED TO HATE by Spencer Pratt
The memoir traces Pratt’s rise from hustling Hollywood outsider to self‑engineered villain on MTV’s The Hills, where he weaponized on‑screen fights, off‑camera manipulation, and a tabloid persona to turn “Speidi” into a multimillion‑dollar brand. It then follows his downward spiral—hoarding weapons, blowing money on crystals, alienating friends and family—as the line between his fake character and real life collapses, leaving him broke, blacklisted, and mentally unraveling. The book closes on his unlikely reinvention with Heidi Montag via “hummingbird mysticism,” family life, and TikTok, including how the 2025 Palisades wildfires and the online community’s response helped transform them from infamous villains into sympathetic survivors, giving Pratt the redemption arc he never got on television.