New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2018

There are 11 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2018. Sapiens written by Yuval Noah Harari is listed as the #1 best seller for 18 weeks.

There are 79 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2018 list. Being Mortal written by Atul Gawande is in this list for 50 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2018

1. Sapiens

Weeks listed as #1: 18

by: Yuval Noah Harari
Release date: May 15, 2018
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How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

2. Horse Soldiers

Weeks listed as #1: 10

by: Doug Stanton
Release date: Dec 19, 2017
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A small group of Special Forces operatives fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after Sept. 11.

3. Kitchen Confidential

Weeks listed as #1: 9

by: Anthony Bourdain
Release date: Dec 10, 2008
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A memoir-exposé of the restaurant world.

4. Killers Of The Flower Moon

Weeks listed as #1: 5

by: David Grann
Release date: Apr 18, 2017
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The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

5. A Brief History Of Time

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Stephen Hawking
Release date: Jan 01, 1998
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The British cosmologist reviews efforts to create a unified theory of the universe; first published in 1988.

6. Hillbilly Elegy

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: J.D. Vance
Release date: Jun 28, 2016
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A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood in the Rust Belt.

7. Being Mortal

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Atul Gaw e
Release date: Oct 07, 2014
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The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.

8. Alexander Hamilton

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Ron Chernow
Release date: Mar 29, 2005
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A biography of the first Treasury secretary, a major author of the Federalist Papers and an advocate of strong central government. Originally published in 2004 and the basis of the Broadway play.

9. Things That Matter

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Charles Krauthammer
Release date: Oct 22, 2013
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Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

10. Grit

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Angela Duckworth
Release date: May 03, 2016
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A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.

11. Black Klansman

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Ron Stallworth
Release date: Jul 31, 2018
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The first black detective of the Colorado Springs Police Department goes undercover to investigate the Ku Klux Klan.

Last updated on December 8, 2021