NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction

1) The house of my mother: a daughter's quest for freedom

Author

Franke, Shari

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#1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-03-23. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 8 week(s).

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Shari Franke's childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface--Ruby's wholesome online persona masked a tyrannical parenting style. As the family's YouTube notoriety...

2) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness

Author

Haidt, Jonathan

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-03-23. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 50 week(s).

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This is an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen...

3) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

Author

Attia, Peter

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-03-23. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 92 week(s).

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Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...

4) The serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world

Author

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#9 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-03-23. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 16 week(s).

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In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects on the practice of harvesting serviceberries and the concept of reciprocity central to Indigenous wisdom. She contrasts this with the dominant economic system rooted in scarcity, competition, and resource hoarding. Kimmerer highlights how the serviceberry tree, by sharing its abundance with its ecosystem, embodies a model of interdependence and mutual support. This ethic of reciprocity, she argues,...

5) Melania

Author

Trump, Melania

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#15 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-03-23. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

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In her memoir, Melania reflects on her Slovenian childhood, the pivotal moments that led her to the world of high fashion in Europe and New York, and the serendipitous meeting with Donald Trump, a chance encounter that forever changed the course of her life. Melania opens up about their courtship, life in the spotlight, and experiencing the joy of motherhood. She shares behind-the-scenes stories from her time in the White House, shedding light on...