The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2020

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This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2020, in the Combined Print & E-books Non-Fiction category. [1]

DateBookAuthorPublisher
January 5 Educated Tara Westover Random House
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Spiegel & Grau
February 9 A Very Stable Genius Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Penguin Press
February 16 Profiles in Corruption Peter Schweizer HarperCollins
February 23Open Book Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O'Leary Dey Street
March 1
March 8The Mamba Mentality Kobe Bryant Melcher Media
March 15The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown
March 22
March 29 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press
April 5The Splendid and the VileErik LarsonCrown
April 12
April 19
April 26 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker Doubleday
May 3UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial Press
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21 White Fragility Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press
June 28
July 5 How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi Random House
July 12 The Room Where It Happened John Bolton Simon & Schuster
July 19
July 26
August 2 Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump Simon & Schuster
August 9
August 16
August 23Live Free or Die Sean Hannity Threshold Editions
August 30
September 6UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial Press
September 13His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham Random House
September 20 Melania and Me Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Gallery Books
September 27 Disloyal Michael Cohen Skyhorse Publishing
October 4 Rage Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster
October 11
October 18 The Meaning of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis Andy Cohen / Holt
October 25Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press
November 1 Caste Isabel Wilkerson Random House
November 8 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Crown
November 15
November 22Clanlands Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Quercus
November 29HumansBrandon StantonSt. Martin's Press
December 6 A Promised Land Barack Obama Crown
December 13
December 20
December 27

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References

  1. "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers". New York Times . Retrieved December 26, 2019.