New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020 Complete List Page 2

There are 180 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 31 to 60.

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31. The Answer Is …

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Alex Trebek
Release date: Jul 21, 2020
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Who is the Canadian-American who got his break on American TV by hosting the game show “The Wizard of Odds” and whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?

32. Rage

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Bob Woodward
Release date: Sep 15, 2020
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Based on 17 on-the-record interviews with President Trump and other reporting, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist details the president’s perspective on multiple crises.

33. The New Jim Crow

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Michelle Alex er
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
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A law professor on the “war on drugs” and its role in the disproportionate incarceration of Black men.

34. A Very Stable Genius

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Philip Rucker Carol Leonnig
Release date: Jan 21, 2020
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.

35. Between The World And Me

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Release date: Jul 14, 2015
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A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son.

36. Hidden Valley Road

Weeks on the list: 7

by: Robert Kolker
Release date: Apr 07, 2020
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From 1945 to 1965, a family in Colorado had 12 children, six of whom went on to develop schizophrenia.

37. The Room Where It Happened

Weeks on the list: 6

by: John Bolton
Release date: Mar 17, 2020
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The former national security advisor gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for President Trump.

38. Catch And Kill

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Ronan Farrow
Release date: Oct 15, 2019
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter details some surveillance and intimidation tactics used to pressure journalists and elude consequences by certain wealthy and connected men.

39. The Body

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Bill Bryson
Release date: Jan 01, 2019
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An owner’s manual of the human body covering various parts, functions and what happens when things go wrong.

40. Profiles In Corruption

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Peter Schweizer
Release date: Jan 20, 2020
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The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.

41. Fortitude

Weeks on the list: 6

by: Dan Crenshaw
Release date: Apr 07, 2020
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The Texas congressman and former Navy SEAL prescribes ways to overcome adversity.

42. Unorthodox

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Deborah Feldman
Release date: Feb 14, 2012
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A woman breaks free of the Satmar Hasidic community in Brooklyn in which she was raised.

43. Begin Again

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Eddie S Glaude Jr
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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An appraisal of the life and work of James Baldwin and their meaning in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trump presidency.

44. The Warmth Of Other Suns

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Isabel Wilkerson
Release date: Jan 01, 2010
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An account of the Great Migration of 1915-70, in which nearly six million African-Americans abandoned the South.

45. Disloyal

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Michael Cohen
Release date: Sep 08, 2020
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An account of President Trump’s business empire, political campaign and presidential administration by his former personal attorney.

46. One Vote Away

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Ted Cruz
Release date: Oct 06, 2020
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The Republican senator from Texas gives his views on what might happen if liberals gain a simple majority on the Supreme Court.

47. Front Row At The Trump Show

Weeks on the list: 5

by: Jonathan Karl
Release date: Mar 31, 2020
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The ABC News chief White House correspondent gives his perspective on our current president and describes the shifts within their relationship.

48. Shade

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Pete Souza
Release date: Oct 16, 2018
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The former White House photographer juxtaposes pictures of former President Obama with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration.

49. On Tyranny

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Timothy Snyder
Release date: Jan 01, 2017
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Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.

50. A Promised Land

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Barack Obama
Release date: Nov 17, 2020
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In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

51. Me

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Elton John
Release date: Oct 15, 2019
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The multi-award-winning solo artist’s first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships and private struggles.

52. Why We Sleep

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Matthew Walker
Release date: Oct 03, 2017
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A neuroscientist uses recent scientific discoveries to explain the functions of sleep and dreams.

53. The House Of Kennedy

Weeks on the list: 4

by: James Patterson Cynthia Fagen
Release date: Apr 13, 2020
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A look at the achievements of the political family and what has been called “the Kennedy curse.”

54. Plague Of Corruption

Weeks on the list: 4

by: Judy Mikovits Kent Heckenlively
Release date: Apr 14, 2020
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The controversial virologist gives her account of her work over nearly four decades.

55. Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Release date: Sep 05, 2017
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The president emerita of Spelman College examines whether self-segregation is a problem or a coping strategy.

56. Countdown 1945

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Chris Wallace Mitch Weiss
Release date: Jun 09, 2020
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The Fox News Sunday anchor gives an account of the key people involved in and events leading up to America’s attack on Hiroshima in 1945.

57. How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Ben Shapiro
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American history, ideals and culture.

58. It Was All A Lie

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Stuart Stevens
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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The former political campaign strategist evaluates the changes within the Republican Party in the last half-century.

59. Hoax

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Brian Stelter
Release date: Aug 25, 2020
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The CNN anchor and chief media correspondent examines the inner workings of Fox News and its relationship with President Trump.

60. Melania And Me

Weeks on the list: 3

by: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
Release date: Sep 01, 2020
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The former director of special events at Vogue describes parting ways with the First Lady after being made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities.

Last updated on December 18, 2021