NYT Bestsellers: Non Fiction

This overview of the history and science of genetics also considers moral questions and prospects for future advances in treating disease. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of All M

The chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant Le Bernardin recalls his childhood and culinary education in France, including a stint in the terrifying Paris kitchen of Joël Robuchon.

The relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.

A theoretical physicist discusses how to understand the universe and ourselves through science.

The increasing importance of intelligence during World War II.

The world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human...

A psychologist and consultant argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.

An executive and philanthropist discusses five domestic policy problems and offers solutions.

A retired Secret Service agent discusses his experience with presidents from Eisenhower to Ford.

The deadly 13-hour battle for a remote combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, by a soldier who received the Medal of Honor.