There are 25 books in the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2022 list. Here are the 25 books ranked from 1 to 25.
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1. The Storyteller
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Dave Grohl Release date: Oct 05, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
2. The Body Keeps The Score
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Bessel van der Kolk Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
3. Taste
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Stanley Tucci Release date: Oct 05, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian-American heritage, meals and mishaps.
4. Greenlights
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Matthew McConaughey Release date: Oct 20, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
5. All About Love
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: bell hooks Release date: Jan 09, 2001 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
6. Will
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Will Smith , Mark Manson Release date: Nov 09, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.
7. The 1619 Project
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: edited Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman , Jake Silverstein Release date: Nov 16, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.
8. The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Paul McCartney Release date: Nov 02, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A two-volume celebration of 154 songs, with handwritten texts, paintings and photographs from the songwriter’s archives.
9. Crying In H Mart
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Michelle Zauner Release date: Jan 01, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
10. The Real Anthony Fauci
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr Release date: Nov 16, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical advisor to the president.
11. The President And The Freedom Fighter
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Brian Kilmeade Release date: Nov 02, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Fox News host gives an account of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
12. Renegades
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Barack Obama , Bruce Springsteen Release date: Oct 26, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Conversations between the 44th president and the multiple award-winning musician on a range of topics.
13. All About Me!
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Mel Brooks Release date: Nov 30, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The EGOT and Kennedy Center honoree shares stories about making comedy for the stage, film and television
14. The Year Of Magical Thinking
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Joan Didion Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Winner of the National Book Award in 2005. The late writer recounts her daughter’s illness and husband’s death.
15. The Beatles: Get Back
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: the Beatles Release date: Aug 31, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of the making of the band’s final album, gathered from transcripts of their conversations.
16. The Dawn Of Everything
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: David Graeber , David Wengrow Release date: Oct 19, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A reinvestigation of social evolution and suggestions for new ways of organizing society.
17. Untamed
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Glennon Doyle Release date: Mar 10, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
18. All American Christmas
Weeks on the list: 2
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by: Rachel Campos-Duffy , Sean Duffy Release date: Nov 16, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A collection of holiday memories from members of the staff of Fox News.
19. These Precious Days
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Ann Patchett Release date: Nov 23, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Essays on friendships, influences and the connection between life and art.
20. The Dawn Of Everything
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: David Graeber , David Wengrow Release date: Oct 19, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A reinvestigation of social evolution and suggestions for new ways of organizing society.
21. Peril
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Bob Woodward , Robert Costa Release date: Sep 21, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Washington Post journalists detail the dangers and challenges during the transition to the Biden presidency.
22. The Defense Lawyer
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: James Patterson , Benjamin Wallace Release date: Dec 20, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A biography of Barry Slotnick, whose clients have included Bette Midler, John Gotti and Bernhard Goetz.
23. Unthinkable
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Jamie Raskin Release date: Jan 04, 2022 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Maryland congressman describes leading the impeachment effort against the former president shortly after his son’s death by suicide and the insurrection at the Capitol.
24. Vanderbilt
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Anderson Cooper , Katherine Howe Release date: Sep 21, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The CNN host and descendent of the Vanderbilt family charts the rise and fall of this American dynasty. Read by Anderson Cooper. 8 hours, 50 minutes unabridged.
25. What Happened To You?
Weeks on the list: 1
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by: Bruce D. Perry , Oprah Winfrey Release date: Apr 27, 2021 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. Read by the authors. 8 hours, 27 minutes unabridged.
Last updated on Sunday, January 16, 2022