New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020

There are 13 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020. White Fragility written by Robin DiAngelo is listed as the #1 best seller for 17 weeks.

There are 75 books in the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers 2020 list. The Body Keeps The Score written by Bessel van der Kolk is in this list for 52 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2020

1. White Fragility

Weeks listed as #1: 17

by: Robin DiAngelo
Release date: Jun 26, 2018
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Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.

2. Just Mercy

Weeks listed as #1: 10

by: Bryan Stevenson
Release date: Oct 21, 2014
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A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

3. The Great Influenza

Weeks listed as #1: 7

by: John M. Barry
Release date: Oct 04, 2005
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An overview of the 1918 flu epidemic and cautionary tale for similar kinds of large-scale outbreaks.

4. My Own Words

Weeks listed as #1: 6

by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mary Hartnett Wendy W. Williams
Release date: Oct 04, 2016
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A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.

5. On Tyranny

Weeks listed as #1: 2

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

6. The Body Keeps The Score

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Bessel van der Kolk
Release date: Jan 01, 2015
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How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

7. So You Want To Talk About Race

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Ijeoma Oluo
Release date: Jan 16, 2018
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A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.

8. Sapiens

Weeks listed as #1: 1

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

9. The Truths We Hold

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Kamala Harris
Release date: Jan 08, 2019
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A memoir by a daughter of immigrants who was raised in Oakland, Calif., and became the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate.

10. Hillbilly Elegy

Weeks listed as #1: 1

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.

11. I Heard You Paint Houses

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Charles Br t
Release date: Jun 24, 2016
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A World War II veteran works for a crime boss and comes into contact with the union boss Jimmy Hoffa. The basis of the movie “The Irishman.”

12. No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Greta Thunberg
Release date: Jan 01, 2019
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Speeches by the Swedish climate activist, including her address to the United Nations.

13. Wow, No Thank You

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Samantha Ir
Release date: Mar 31, 2020
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Comedic essays by an author and blogger who splits her time between Hollywood meetings and living in a liberal suburban town in a red state.

Last updated on December 8, 2021